LINKS AND FURTHER READING: For more about the underlying research on midpoints, see Chapter 4 of WHEN: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing. This graphic explains the “Uh-Oh Effect,” one of the ways midpoints create a spark rather than a slump.
LINKS AND FURTHER READING: For more on this topic, check out Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling.
LINKS AND FURTHER READING: The paper I refer to in this video is “Self-Talk as Regulatory Mechanism: How You Do It Matters,” which appeared in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. If you enjoyed this Pinkcast, you might also enjoy Pinkcast 1.9 about interrogative self-talk.
LINKS AND FURTHER READING: For more on the studies that underlie these principles, see chapter 2 of WHEN: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
LINKS AND FURTHER READING: Alex’s book is The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World’s Most Successful People Launched Their Careers. (Buy it at Amazon, BN.com, IndieBound, or 8CR.) The email template, which Alex drew from Tim Ferriss, is as follows: 1st paragraph: “I know you are very busy and get a
LINKS AND FURTHER READING: You can find more on the S-curve of learning in Whitney’s book, Build an A Team: Play to Their Strengths and Lead Them Up the Learning Curve. (Buy it at Amazon, BN.com, IndieBound, or 8CR.)
LINKS AND FURTHER READING: The research cited in this video is “Get excited: Reappraising pre-performance anxiety as excitement,” which appeared in the June 2014 edition of The Journal of Experimental Psychology. You can find the complete paper here.
