Petr Meissner

A set of anecdotes with just a minimal guidance

Revisado: 06-26-21

A set of anecdotes about the power of breathing with just a minimal guidance of how to applicate it.

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Most Advanced Yet Achievable

Revisado: 02-08-21

Explains principles that makes hits hits. Learn next concepts on examples.

We like what we know yet there is an acceptable novelty or challenge in it.
We want unique belonging and familiarly new.
Most Advanced Yet Achievable.
Teenageers seek to be the Most Autonomous Yet Appropriate.

Best story is an emotional rollercoaster.

Fashion matures through: controversy » trend » mainstream » awkwardness.

A popularity is created by a few big broadcasters rather than just a noname crowd.

Value of a social network is its size squared.

We talk 80% of time about ourselves in online vs. 33 % in person.
Culture is how we want to be perceived, not what we really do.
We write about ideal ourselves and want to find ourselves in post of others as well.
YouTube seems more personal than broadcasting though.
People like to share their weirdness in a small group.

Premium TV subscriptions like Netflix allowed more startup-like bets on movies vs. just mainstream likability of broadcast TV.

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What were they thinking?

Revisado: 02-07-21

A very valuable read for anybody who trips into the wild.
It describes commonalities that usually precede any disaster on examples of real accidents.
Biggest outcome: there is rarely a single thing that went wrong. Rather a chain of small problems and bad decisions pile up without us noticing.
Beware of unpredictability of tightly coupled complex systems. A simple rope can act as one.
A great concept of emotional bookmarks explains how we can act dumb without even noticing we set a stage for a disaster.
What were they thinking?…

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A map of path towards excellence

Revisado: 02-06-21

A genius' map of path towards excellence through curiosity and dedication.

A great journey through masterpieces explaining how they changed a world of art and how Leonardo's master formed.

Especially inspiring is a breath and depth of his knowledge, experience and obsession with understanding the whole world.

Fascinating to learn how many fields of science he defined a base for centuries before others had to rediscover it independently again, because he was interested solely to understand but not to educate.

The accompanying pdf helped to see the art, but it is too low-fi to admire it.

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Hardest lessons concentration camp could teach man

Revisado: 02-05-21

No matter how hopeless your situation might be, you control your every reaction to any action.
That's a freedom that no one can deprive you of.
And this is what defines your character,
and gives you a purpose on Earth.
Once you give up, the decline will be fast.

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Surprising impact that sleeping has on our lives.

Revisado: 01-23-21

Must read for all to understand how not sleeping enough hurts us. Based on decades of research.
Explain all phases of sleeping and their impact on memory, learning, creativity or focus and ho wti changes with aging.
Even explains why we dream and what is it for.
Suggests tricks to sleep better.
The biggest value is that when we understand the importance of quality sleeping, we might invest more time and focus to it. And it pays of.

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Helps to prepare for important debate

Revisado: 01-23-21

How to create arguments, structure the debate and fight opponent's fallacies to persuade an audience to adopt your point of view.
Kind of systematic approach that helps when the debating parties respect at least basic rules: a topic to debate and equal time to talk.
The biggest value is it helps to prepare a strategy and potential reactions to typical situations that happen in the debate.

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Anecdotes how ego worked against greatest minds.

Revisado: 01-19-20

Insightful anecdotes illustrate how ego worked against even the greatest minds and prevent falling into the same trap earlier. The form of anecdotes actually help to connect with your own past failures if you actually already managed to fuck it up in person:)

Do & work rather than talk & be.
Grow as a student, learn from others, assist and empower them.
Do the right thing, the effort is enough.
Focus on results instead of just passion.
Judge by own standards, not what others think. Focus on what’s important to you, not every opportunity. Don’t show-off.
Be humble, keep your identity small, get out of your own head.
Start small, scale up.
Accept failure publicly, learn from instead of trying to save face.
You decide if your time is alive and dead.

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We behave like an elephant herd driven on a path

Revisado: 07-21-18

How to introduce a change when people don’t want or aren’t motivated to change?

Nice framework with examples built around a model of a (rational) driver driving an (emotional) elephant on a path (environment) in a herd (others).

Elephant won't move unless convinced.
Driver can agonize to find the best solution for ages.
Changing a behavior might be easier just by changing a situation people are in.
Behavior of others works as a social norm that shapes how individuals behave.

How to find the right behavior to drive the process of the change? How to deal with a situation when the change is in a conflict with what people identify with?

Pretty good framework to find out how to solve all of that.

Framework to simplify the path to change:
1. Direct the rider (give reason and clear instructions and goal)
– Find bright spots
– Point to the destination
2. Motivate the elephant (power of emotions)
– Find the feeling
– Build identity
– Build growth mindset
3. Shape the path (change situation)
– Break/tweak the environment
– Rally the herd
– Build habits

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Effective communication and leading people

Revisado: 07-05-18

Extensive list of essential, powerful and very practical principles for effective interpersonal communication, convincing and leading people.
The audiobook is quite intense; there is not a single redundant word in the entire book.
I recommend really everybody to read it as early in life as he is ready for it and periodically re-read or verify excerpts whether he really lives up to the principles.

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