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I've been trying to use 'Strong Opinions, Weakly Held' for a long time. I've mostly concluded that it's ineffective. Here's why, and what to use instead.

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‘Strong Opinions, Weakly Held’ Doesn't Work That Well

Why ‘Strong Opinions, Weakly Held’ isn't as great a thinking tool as you might think.

@grpl62

Jul 20, 2020

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@ejames_c

Seems like this mantra is just an excuse for people to say what ever they like regardless if it’s true or not

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Ha! 😁

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Now that i briefly have your attention i just want to say i love your writing and your chinese businessman series is extremely relatable and gave me new insights on how i can grow my biz. Really appreciate the work you are putting out

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Thank you for the kind words! 🙇‍♂️ I *should* probably return to that series soon! I think I have the beginnings of a unified theory now, which makes me very afraid of broaching the topic, because I'm probably very wrong.

@grpl62

Jul 20, 2020

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@ejames_c

Which brings us back to ‘strong opinions weakly held’ 😁 but please do, will be very interested to read that. I’m pretty sure you have read Kuok and Riady’s biography. Have you read Lim Goh Tong’s?

Cedric Chin

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@grpl62

I've read Kuok but not Riady's (though it's high on my toread). I've not heard of Lim Goh Tong! Lemme Google for it.

1:29 PM · Jul 20, 2020Twitter Web App

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Oh, Genting, d'oh!

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I’ve read all three, and I think one commonality not yet discussed in your series & you could explore is strength of their networks/networking. Kuok had known almost all malaysian pm’s, riady initially had saliem who was close to suharto, goh tong was close to mahathir as well

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