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Guy Kawasaki on "The Effort Effect"
- danielha 20y agoI never really thought of praising effort in this way. The examples provided to use in lieu of praise makes normal human interaction seem so deliberate and robotic. The author seems to imply that simply acknowledging someone's talent makes them less likely to make risks or innovate in fear of failing their image, I wonder if the author would also contend that, at the least, the person would continually strive to maintain the "good" image. In that case, that's certainly better than inconsistent performance. Here's an audio interview with the author: http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail1011.html http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail1011.html
- brett 20y agoHopefully this isn't too linkjacky. Guy's got some interesting comments, but the full article's better. I read the blog entry first.
- jamiequint 20y agoI think the New York Magazine article on this was my first ever news YC post. Its a pretty good summary, check it out at... http://nymag.com/news/features/27840/?imw=Y http://nymag.com/news/features/27840/?imw=Y