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"Some set an ambitious goal of reading 200 pages each week, while others set a more moderate goal of reading 50 pages per week. All of these individuals read th
by gexla 3y ago
"Some set an ambitious goal of reading 200 pages each week, while others set a more moderate goal of reading 50 pages per week. All of these individuals read the same amount – 100 pages – but those who didn’t meet their goal were seen as less powerful by study participants."
Under-promise, over-deliver.
- largbae 3y agoElon Musk appears to be a counter-example...
- notnaut 3y agoOver promising is better when you’re interested in money/power and have plenty of your own to start with, rather than any underlying pointless nonsense like working toward an achievable goal or trying to be a decent human.
- nebula8804 3y agoWe now know based on his numerous biographies and documentaries made about him that he overpromised because else his companies would not get the badly needed funds/support/customers. Is this fraud? Probably but he got away with it because he delivered enough tangible results to get people to back off. Otherwise he'd probably be in jail now. Why does he still overpromise when he does not need to? Well the latest biography sorta explained it: He can't help himself, he needs the thrill of an ever more difficult problem to solve. (ie. he's psycho)
- DinaCoder99 3y agoMusk has lost a massive amount of credibility because of failing to deliver on most of the self-proclaimed potential of his businesses—basically, all of them outside of the potential of SpaceX, and even there he should be grateful the perceived value of the company isn't tied to going to mars.
- time-less-ness 3y ago/me eyes Tesla
- DinaCoder99 3y agoTesla's gonna take over the car market, like, any day man, I swear.
- duckman1 3y ago[dead]
- yoyohello13 3y agoThat's what I do at work, it works quite well.
- tithe 3y agoA key part of that statement (from the article) is "in comparison to your peers." By whom do you want to be considered powerful? And how can I maximize the real/perceived performance delta between myself and other participants in that target group? And how do I do so in a way that doesn't appear threatening to the decision-makers (group "leaders") in that target group?