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How can I make my ideas stick?

September 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Answer:  Follow the 6 principles set out in Dan and Chip Heath’s book Made to Stick:

Make your idea:

  1. simple
  2. surprising
  3. concrete
  4. credible
  5. emotional
  6. told as a story

Here are some good short videos by Chip and Dan Heath:

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How can I learn how to teach well?

November 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Answer: Study this transcript of Richard Feynman’s lecture he gave in 1959 on the possibility of making things small.

Richard Feynman was an extraordinary teacher. If you want to get good, then study the techniques used by the masters.

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