The difficult choice- August 11, 2008 In a review of The Dip, a listener writes,"Many winners and people or companies that get great results or wind up on top simply stumbled into winning or lucked out! He ignores the whole notion of how randomness plays into people or companies being winners or losers. But that's the whole point of these types of books - to make you feel like you have more control over your destiny. I would argue that luck and randomness play at least as big a role as all of this dip stuff. "Without a...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/sethsmainblog/~3/362047348/the-difficult-c.html Complicit- August 6, 2008 Are consumers responsible for the behavior of marketers Why does spam exist Because (some) people respond to it. Why are ineffective pharmaceuticals so heavily marketed Because (some) people demand that doctors prescribe them. Why are so many local stores struggling Because so many customers cross the street to the big box stores. I've maintained for years that marketing is so powerful that marketers have to take responsibility for the choices they make. And they do. But what about us..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/sethsmainblog/~3/357298627/complicit.html |