Is it just me or is there something Freudian about this image?

Common wisdom tells us that when we want to achieve something we should tell someone or take on a partner in our own success to make ourselves accountable, but does that really help, or could it actually be doing more harm than good?

An article in the July/August 2011 issue of Scientific American examines studies that seem [Read More...]]]> https://successhacking.com/blog/partners-do-they-help-or-hurt-success/feed/ 0 https://successhacking.com/blog/the-entropy-of-excitement-finding-your-radioactive-ideas/ https://successhacking.com/blog/the-entropy-of-excitement-finding-your-radioactive-ideas/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 08:27:14 +0000 http://successhacking.com/?p=48 Seth Godin wrote a blog post yesterday about the half-life of a book’s sales cycle.  And it got me thinking.

I think we would all acknowledge that nothing can top the excitement that surrounds a brand new venture or goal, but what happens as time goes on?  Can our excitement towards our goals be described in terms of a “rate of decay?”

I say yes, and I believe that some of the same rules governing scientific rates of decay can be applied [Read More...]]]> https://successhacking.com/blog/the-entropy-of-excitement-finding-your-radioactive-ideas/feed/ 3