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One of the popular self help books (Covey maybe?) shares an anecdote .. The author was spending time at the beach with family and friends, kids playing on the
by albert_e 3y ago
One of the popular self help books (Covey maybe?) shares an anecdote ..
The author was spending time at the beach with family and friends, kids playing on the beach. There were enough and more toys for all kids to play with.
One little girl however spent an inordinate amount of time showering love and attention over one specific doll. And after that all other kids wanted to play with THAT doll only, ignoring all other toys.
Guess that is a commentary on human nature at some level.
- pmontra 3y agoFOMO meets advertising and possibly (and especially?) meet storytelling. We don't know which compelling fiction those kids developed around that doll. In another domain we observe that some TV series perform much better than the other ones available at the same time but nobody can predict which one will be the top rated.
- antonvs 3y agoOf course we also don't know whether the story was made up to support the author's point.