How to Roleplay as a Consultant

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The first step should be an easy one. You should ask them to call a client where you know that they won't say you're rude, something like this. The other thing which you should also do is often while you're doing the roleplay to explain how you're feeling and what you're thinking. Sometimes people don't get it. The other person might be actually looking for your call. If you demonstrate very early on that you will not waste that time then we will work a little bit on how you can demonstrate that. But very important is to teach the other is to as you're going to play to say how you're feels because very often when we're avoiding to do something

Why is hard work a form of laziness? Why should we be wary of short-term success? How can imagining parallel worlds help us make better decisions? Author, management advisor, and researcher Luca Dellanna joins us to discuss these questions and more!

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Ergodicity: survival is king
Why sample size matters
The two types of competitors
Teaching by signaling
The parallel worlds approach to decision-making
Racing to the bottom
Why working hard can be a form of laziness
The three things managers should prioritize
Why desiring change isn’t enough
Fighting avoidance with actionable small steps
“Mixed values produce mixed results”
Thinking by writing
What Luca has learned from living in multiple countries
Luca as Emperor of the World
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Books Mentioned:

Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder; by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
What Works on Wall Street; by Jim O'Shaughnessy
Ergodicity: Definition, Examples, And Implications, As Simple As Possible; by Luca Dellanna
The Control Heuristic: The Nature of Human Behavior; by Luca Dellanna
100 Truths You Will Learn Too Late; by Luca Dellanna
Tao Te Ching; by Lao Tzu