The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact

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Readers discover how brief experiences can change lives, such as the experiment in which two strangers meet in a room, and forty-five minutes later, they leave as best friends. Recommended for people who like to understand psychology, want to motivate people better, or just want to create more memorable moments in their lives. Also it was a bit too "corporate" relating to me, I prefer learning about self entrepreneurship than getting better morale inside of another company. I found quite simple, yet, powerful suggestions on how to add meaning to your life, how to celebrate, and even more importantly, create moments in your life. People develop much more loyalty to you if you can give them, even inconsistently, an elevated experience.

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Many of them owe a great deal to chance: A lucky encounter with someone who becomes the love of your life. Do you (1) recognize when they’ve done something fantastic, do you (2) set up milestones to celebrate, and do you (3) practise courage to do something amazing to make it part of the routine, and celebrate the act of courage? Great book - also (as a side effect) explains why time seems to fly and yet we don't remember where it went (namely not remembering the past year) - it's because we follow a script, make patterns because they are easy and follow them - nothing stands out, nothing is that special moment so all the days flow together. We can create experiences and situations that foster these breakthrough memorable moments that enrich our connections with others that can move us in an entirely new direction or career path. The book applies a formula that has become universal in the world of modern business management and the consulting that drives it: Every problem/opportunity can be solved/leveraged by analyzing the data, discerning the patterns, and applying them to future or potential data sets.In this book, we explore why certain brief experiences can jolt us and elevate us and change us—and how we can learn to create such extraordinary moments in our life and work. It was surprising to learn that we can increase these important moments, and do not have to wait around or be on stand-by wondering what will happen next.

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The first principle creates defining moments for others; the latter two allow us to create defining moments for ourselves. It begins by outlining the elements of a “defining moment” with the following characteristics which happen to spell the mnemonic, "EPIC". One example described in the book was a program used in some places by John Deere that provides extra attention to making the first day for new employees extra special—letting them know that they are valued and welcomed. This is a brief review, there was much more to this remarkable book that truly has the power to change and influence a person’s life and work.However the structure of a defining moment is the same in your personal life, and there are many resources referenced in the text that I’m planning to follow up on with not just my spouse, but people I’m interested in getting closer to as well. Every culture has its prescribed set of big moments: birthdays and weddings and graduations, of course, but also holiday celebrations and funeral rites and political traditions. This may put them in difficult situations, but with the above, you not only put them in situations just at their capability—you also assure them that they can get through it.

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While human lives are endlessly variable, our most memorable positive moments are dominated by four elements: elevation, insight, pride, and connection. A highly interesting airline satisfaction study showed that, based on revenue, it’s 9x as valuable to focus on raising people’s average experience (5/10) to an amazing experience (9/10), than it is to focus on raising negative experiences (2/10) to an average experience (5/10). This is what we mean by “thinking in moments”: to recognize where the prose of life needs punctuation. What if a teacher could design a lesson that he knew his students would remember twenty years later? I'm stuck between 3 and 4 stars out of 5 lol I think it was a very unique and well written book, but it was just boring at some moments.And that’s the charge for all of us: to defy the forgettable flatness of everyday work and life by creating a few precious moments. To be fair, connection is part of their formula, but its purpose is to create more defining moments, which is not how I use the term here. Their books have sold over two million copies worldwide and have been translated into thirty-three languages including Thai, Arabic, and Lithuanian. Kira Sloop, the middle school student, had her life changed by a music teacher who told her that her voice was beautiful. The New York Times bestselling authors of Switch and Made to Stick explore why certain brief experiences can jolt us and elevate us and change us—and how we can learn to create such extraordinary moments in our life and work.

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Perhaps even more importantly, I can see many similar opportunities in my life as a husband, father and member of a community. I’ve heard you, I understand and accept what you’re saying, and I care for you enough to disclose something about myself. In a clear and organized way, Heath gives us a framework for looking at our lives in moments both for our sake and the sake of others.Or the story about a Microsoft leader forcing engineers to use a product to build an app and realizing how bad it was so coming up with a plan to solve it. Apparently, the reason why time seems to accelerate as we get older is because we are living a life that’s more routine and less novel. Defining moments are social: weddings, graduations, baptisms, vacations, work triumphs, bar and bat mitzvahs, speeches, sporting events. On recognition, for example, the authors note, “One survey found that the top reason people leave their jobs is a lack of praise and recognition.