Analogies / Principles Flashcards
Crab in the bucket
If you put a bunch of crabs in a big open bucket of water, all the crabs will stay in there and will not climb out, even though the bucket is wide open. Why? When one crab tries to climb out, the other cracks pull him bk down and if he continued to try to climb out, the other crabs would pull one of his legs off and make sure to keep him in the bucket.
This is an interesting phenomenon, because you’d think the other crabs would instead realize that if one of them could climb out, they too could escape.
It is interesting how closely this reflects human nature. When someone is doing something to become more successful or to better themselves, other ppl will try to drag them down to their level and keep them from being successful.
Self Sabotage/ Blown Tire Syndrome
If you had a flat tire on your car that caused you to pull off the road, delaying you from getting where you want to go. Would you (1) fix the tire and get bk on the road, (2) go around and flatten all the other tires, making absolutely sure you would never get to your intended destination? I imagine you said (1).
Why is it so common for a female to blow her diet on one meal but then instead of getting bk on track with her next meal and getting bk on the road, go on to blow the whole day, the whole weekend and week?
This is blown tire syndrome - not too logical huh? Next time you blow a tire, fix it with the next meal and get bk on the road to where you want to go.
You are your own computer programmer! How? (5 section)
You have the ability to write the computer program that will create the person you want to become.
The one thing you have total control over is every thought you let enter your head.
You must program your brain that you are fit and smart to become fit and smart.
Whenever you become aware of a repetitive negative thought, ask yourself: is this helping me become the person I want to become?
Every thought takes you closer to becoming the person you want to become or farther away.
Cause effect - words to live by
You reap what you sow
The sand in the pearl
(1) An oyster turns a grain of sand into a pearl.
(2) From this, we can learn that if we work hard with determination, we can turn an insignificant thing into something very precious.
Wisdom from time and experience: a pearl takes years to form. It comes from the constant effort and time an oyster puts into changing something painful into a beautiful and bearable outcome.
Wisdom comes from time and effort invested in learning from mistakes and turning them into something positive. Pearls teach us to use unavoidable pain to gain insight and create beauty.
Magnifying analogy
If you’re looking at something thru a straw, you’re looking at a totally different thing than if you stand bk and look at your whole face. But ppl narrow in on one thing - their eyes, nose, 1 wrinkle and maximize it.
The story is often used as a metaphor for the inability or unwillingness of people to react to or be aware of sinister threats that arise gradually rather than suddenly.
The boiling frog is an apologue describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.
unwillingness of people to react to or be aware of sinister threats that arise gradually
Ex, people who get too much filler
Ex. Ppl in toxic relationships
Dunning–Kruger effect -
- It is a cognitive bias, wherein the people believe that they are more capable than their actual calibre. You’re so far behind you think you’re in first place.
- Show extreme confidence even in the areas that they are not much aware of, and tend to overestimate their real competence.
- It is considered that the low cognitive abilities and lower level of self-awareness lead to the Dunning-Kruger Effect.
- People that possess this effect often feel that they know everything, they have the skills to solve any problem, they are always right, and others are wrong because they fail to recognise their real level of incompetence.
Pareto principle (par-eh-to)
Most things in life are not distributed evenly. 80 percent of the output from a given situation or system is determined by 20 percent of the input.
The principle doesn’t stipulate that all situations will demonstrate that precise ratio – it refers to a typical distribution.
Idiom
To attempt to benefit from something or someone else’s success or potential by closely associating with it or them.
Hitch my wagon to
Pygmalion effect
Phenomenon whereby Higher expectations lead to higher performance
Parkinson’s Law
What else does it apply to?
the duration of a task expands to fill the time made available. There seems to be a variation of this law when it comes to human potential: the quality of execution rises to the level of aspiration.
We honestly don’t know how good we can be. It’s not something that can be known in advance. The only way to prove what’s possible is to test the limits of our capacity.
Expression that means it is a good idea to be nice to others.
You get more flies with honey than vinegar
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