Reframe Your Brain: The User Interface for Happiness and Success (The Scott Adams Success Series)

by Scott Adams

Usual frame: You did this wrong. Reframe: Your other work is stronger. Alternate: I think you can top that. Alternate: I’m not sure it’s possible to do this better, but let’s find out. Alternate: May I show you a shortcut/trick? Alternate: Let me show you how some people do it.

The existence of so-called unfairness means you can (usually) find situations in which the unfairness is in your favor. Be strategic. Go where you have an “unfair” advantage. And if you can’t find an existing natural advantage, create one by assembling a stack of talents that make you both rare and commercially valuable.

Usual Frame: I need to come up with a good idea. Reframe: I need to release all my bad ideas as quickly as possible.

Everyone is faking it (at least some of the time).