Re: Familiarity and change

Agreed! We reference The Tipping Point heavily in Fearless Change and=20
have some relevant patterns,
especially Connector.

BTW, Gladwell has a new book out, Blink. He's written a ton of=20
interesting stuff:

http://www.gladwell.com/

There's also an article about him in a recent Fast Company:

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/90/gladwell.html

My daughter (now in her 30s) turned out great -- I was lucky :-)! She=20
loved sports and the
coach and her fellow athletes kept her on the straight path -- thank=20
you, coach :-)!

Some recent information I've been studying shows that we continue to be=20
influenced by our
peers. Marketers and advertisers know just how to get us to buy all that=20
stuff :-)!

Good luck in your new role as a father, Milan!!




Linda



Milan Maksimovi=E6 wrote:

>>>The difference seems to be that in the "big girls" nursery the kids all
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>eat
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>>>at the same table, compared to "little girls" nursery where they ate fro=
m
>>>high chairs.  Seeing her peers eat grapes without complaint seems to hav=
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>>>given her the confidence to do the same.=20=20
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> I haven't read much child psychology, in fact I haven't read any - yet, b=
ut
>I'm bound to read some since I should become a father by the end of the
>summer. (Btw., any suggestions there from the fine people on this list? If
>the host minds the digression please feel free to email advice on child
>rearing books).
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> The book where I have eventually encountered "high peer influence on
>children" stated very clearly is "The Tipping Point".=20
> It turns out that all the influence you try to make on them is heavily
>topped by the influence of their peers. Simply - kids do like other kids d=
o,
>most of the time. They especially tend to copy the ones that are regarded =
as
>cool (whatever "cool" is at some point in their childhood).
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>>>I wonder if we old folks are just the same ...
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>I suppose that the older we get our behavioral patterns get more entrenche=
d
>and steady, along with our diminishing ability to (willingly or unwillingl=
y)
>learn, but the influence of the environment is always there.=20
>>From what I've seen, most of us unconsciously do try melt in, not stand o=
ut
>- "fit in the tribe" or some similar archetype must be at work there. A
>similar thing is one of "The Tipping Point" points (NYC subway example). F=
or
>instance studies have shown that if a shabby looking guy goes jaywalking
>people don't tend to follow, but when a respectable looking gentlemen does=
 -
>they do, but this is a different story. Once I've heard this from somebody=
,
>I also started observing and noticing this. In my programming life I've se=
en
>people that initially wrote pretty decent code start "melting into the
>environment" when thrown into some ugly legacy app - The Pickle Jar Syndro=
me
>(I first found this name in Pragmatic Programmers book, and later on I've
>found this in some G. Weinberg book I believe).=20
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>To stay in the list context - I have found "The Tipping Point" to be a ver=
y
>interesting and insightful book on Change. I assume that this book is no
>stranger to the people on this list.
>
>Regards,
>M.
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