1/ I just stopped reading the book Atomic Habits after page 15. Why? Well, in the first chapter a narrative is pumped up about how the British Cycling team was turned around with a coach that instilled tiny 1% improvements/habits sprinkled here and there that added up
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Replying to @citnaj
Why would you even pick it up to read? :P Just looking at the book gestalt screams Thomas Friedmanesque crap all over.
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Replying to @_onionesque @citnaj
Virtually all business books are horrendously banal. I forgot the title, but one of the most highly rated business books singled out 5 companies as having exceptional cultures and they all failed shortly thereafter.
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Oh yes I've seen this too. Basically reality is complex, and if you're trying to sell a story about how one awesome maverick CEO made one small change to turn around a company...yeah...that's highly suspect as an explanation. But these are the stories that sell.
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