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The Best of The Brainy Business: 2019

Posted on December 27, 2019 | Leave a Comment

2019 was a content-filled year for The Brainy Business: 52 podcast episodes (with over 100,000 downloads), 27 articles on Inc, two courses launched (mindset and pricing), a white paper and many quotes, along with countless interactions on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. In case you missed any of it…I wanted to share the top lists of 2019: most read articles and most downloaded episodes. Have you read and listened to them all yet? Did your favorites make the lists? Let me know on social media (links above) and I look forward to continuing to create and share all the content with you in 2020! The Brainy Business Podcast – Top Downloads of 2019 10) Episode 51 – Time Discounting: The[….]

Branding, Judgement, and the Luxury of a Mask

Posted on February 28, 2019 | Leave a Comment

The Masked Singer had its finale and the top three celebrity contestants were (finally!) revealed: Gladys Knight, Donny Osmond, and T-Pain. This is not the first time a competition has used anonymity and blocked out the senses to help contestants have a “fair” shot. NBC’s The Voice has some obvious similarities. So, what makes The Masked Singer different, and what is the lesson every business should be gleaning from the show? Let me start by introducing how the brain works and how The Masked Singer used these concepts to its advantage. Judging Brain The human brain is quick to judge – the subconscious constantly scans its environment for information (approximately 11 million bits per second). There is a lot of[….]

Herding and How To Start a Movement

Posted on October 31, 2018 | Leave a Comment

On the Behavioral Economics Foundations episode on Herding, I mentioned one of my favorite TED Talks – How To Start A Movement by Derek Sivers. TED Talks are always pretty short, but this one is just three minutes long. You might think that is too short to learn something so amazing. Thankfully, this video delivers. While Sivers does not mention the terms “behavioral economics” or “herding” those underlying tendencies we have as a species are why his theories work (and are true). I love the simplicity of the message and how he made it relatable (remember – it’s not about the cookie). Taking complex concepts and making them fun and engaging is pretty much my jam, which is likely why[….]

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