"What optimism? I am a realist."- a negative individual(in my opinion)
I recently read a Fortune issue titled Tech Bubble 2.0
In the article it described that Silicon valley is driven by four factors.
In the article it mentioned that fear forces some of the people to settle.
The greed allows them, to enjoy the finer things.
The fantasy allows them to create and to want to drive a fancy car.
Lastly the optimism is seen in the people driving a suburu(I don't get that one)
The first thought, while reading, was if one was to use the 80/20 principle where would one place the weights for success?
After some thought I concluded that 20% has to go to fear and 80% to rest.
Of the rest, applying the 80/20 again, 16% would have to be given to greed.
Similarly, another 80/20 cut, would have give 14% to fantasy.
Lastly, 40% would be left over for optimism.
Assuming that you maximize each one of the four characteristics, 1=100%, you would achieve a success in the valley. What was interesting is that optimism made up the largest piece. Secondly, would the factors be any different anywhere else? I think that they are pretty inclusive.
Today's question is:
"Where would you rate each one of the four factors in yourself?"
I recently read a Fortune issue titled Tech Bubble 2.0
In the article it described that Silicon valley is driven by four factors.
Success at Silicon valley=f(fear,greed,fantasy,optimism)
(The way to read this is that the success if a function of fear, greed, fantasy, and optimism.) In the article it mentioned that fear forces some of the people to settle.
The greed allows them, to enjoy the finer things.
The fantasy allows them to create and to want to drive a fancy car.
Lastly the optimism is seen in the people driving a suburu(I don't get that one)
The first thought, while reading, was if one was to use the 80/20 principle where would one place the weights for success?
After some thought I concluded that 20% has to go to fear and 80% to rest.
Of the rest, applying the 80/20 again, 16% would have to be given to greed.
Similarly, another 80/20 cut, would have give 14% to fantasy.
Lastly, 40% would be left over for optimism.
Success =.2*fear+.16greed+.14*fantasy+.40*optimism
Assuming that you maximize each one of the four characteristics, 1=100%, you would achieve a success in the valley. What was interesting is that optimism made up the largest piece. Secondly, would the factors be any different anywhere else? I think that they are pretty inclusive.
Today's question is:
"Where would you rate each one of the four factors in yourself?"
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