Luke’s Comments (group member since Dec 31, 2016)

Luke’s comments from the Luke/Misener Reading List group.

Pg 16. "(Marketing is the)....Art of creating conditions by which the buyer convinces himself.

Pg 9. Anyone can get the order if he's willing to stretch the truth for enough. Whether you tell the truth or not you don't come out a winner just by getting that first big order. The mark of a pro is getting the reorder.

Chapter 12 summary. Adoration is so important for prayer. It gives credit where credit is due and even allows us to fully enjoy and embrace what we do knowing God DESERVES the credit.

Pg 141 is gold

Pg 95. Luther in the midst of prayer let's his mind wonder and listen to the spirit. Routine is fine but be flexible to interact.

Mystical (inward) verse Prophetic (outward) prayer

Pg. 48. Prayer is continuing a conversation that God has started through his Word and his grace, which eventually becomes a full encounter with him.

Pg 21. He (Paul) does not see prayer as merely a way to get things from god but as a way to get more of God himself

Pg 265, the key to good decision making is not knowledge, it's understanding.

Pg 259. Being able to act intelligently and instinctively in the moment is possible only after a long and rigorous course of education and experience

Pg 206, facial expressions can tell a lot. Voluntary or involuntary. Also, our facial expressions can influence our feelings. Study of people thinking about anger or doing an angry face had similar hear rate and arousal effects.

Pg 226, heart rates between 111-145 is optimum. Athletes have claimed that the game slows down and were able to triumph. Heart rates above 175 causes people to lose control and focus on the wrong thing (numerous police shootings).

Ch. 5 summary. Kenna, Food testers, the difference between experts and non. Packaging and aesthetic influences on impression and taste.

Pg 143. "When we talk about any analytical versus intuitive decision making neither is good or bad. What is bad is if you use either of them in an inappropriate circumstance"

Pg 136. Less is more. All Cook County hospital needed was the information to conduct its algorithm, any information about that wasn't helpful... in fact it was harmful.

To change your IAT score or prejudice, don't retake test or "think equality", it's more fundamental to out yourself in situations that disassociate your prejudices. Pg 97

The IAT test. Interesting. Tall people earn more and larger portion of CEOs. Not intentional discrimination, but interesting. Pg 88

Chapter 2 summary. "Priming"... our subconscience mind takes in information and uses it. The word scramble example with polite or rude interruption results. The speed dating examples, conscience knowing what your want, but subconscience picking something else.

Later psychologists reworked the study, but told people what to look for in marriage (defensiveness, stonewalling, criticism, and contempt). They scored 80%... not Gottmens 90%, but better than the 53% when people had all the facts, time, and data. Pg 47

Positive sentiment override vs negative sentiment override. "Will you shut up and let me finish?!" Two different paths... pg 30.