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John List

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Something You Should Know
The New Science of Effective Weight & What Makes an Idea Scalable

We then went back to Honolulu and tried it there and it doesn't work. So we know that because of science.

Something You Should Know
The New Science of Effective Weight & What Makes an Idea Scalable

We then went back to Honolulu and tried it there and it doesn't work. So we know that because of science.

Something You Should Know
The New Science of Effective Weight & What Makes an Idea Scalable

Well, it's changed. So the DARE program representatives read my book and they reached out to me after they read the book and they said, we don't like chapter one, basically. And I said, is chapter one incorrect? And they said, no, but the DARE program has pivoted and they've moved to a new type of program that they argue now works.

Something You Should Know
The New Science of Effective Weight & What Makes an Idea Scalable

Well, it's changed. So the DARE program representatives read my book and they reached out to me after they read the book and they said, we don't like chapter one, basically. And I said, is chapter one incorrect? And they said, no, but the DARE program has pivoted and they've moved to a new type of program that they argue now works.

Something You Should Know
The New Science of Effective Weight & What Makes an Idea Scalable

Well, it's changed. So the DARE program representatives read my book and they reached out to me after they read the book and they said, we don't like chapter one, basically. And I said, is chapter one incorrect? And they said, no, but the DARE program has pivoted and they've moved to a new type of program that they argue now works.

Something You Should Know
The New Science of Effective Weight & What Makes an Idea Scalable

So I haven't looked at the new program, but I told them I will look at the new program. And if there's voltage there, then in the next edition, I'll make sure to talk about the new program as well. So I'm talking about the program in the 80s that was simply a false positive.

Something You Should Know
The New Science of Effective Weight & What Makes an Idea Scalable

So I haven't looked at the new program, but I told them I will look at the new program. And if there's voltage there, then in the next edition, I'll make sure to talk about the new program as well. So I'm talking about the program in the 80s that was simply a false positive.

Something You Should Know
The New Science of Effective Weight & What Makes an Idea Scalable

So I haven't looked at the new program, but I told them I will look at the new program. And if there's voltage there, then in the next edition, I'll make sure to talk about the new program as well. So I'm talking about the program in the 80s that was simply a false positive.

Something You Should Know
The New Science of Effective Weight & What Makes an Idea Scalable

The idea is not just about... growing really, really large and taking over the world. The idea is figuring out how big your idea can be. And then you have to determine whether you're happy with that. So think about my brother and dad and grandpa, one man, one truck, one good life. They realize their secret sauce is their charisma.

Something You Should Know
The New Science of Effective Weight & What Makes an Idea Scalable

The idea is not just about... growing really, really large and taking over the world. The idea is figuring out how big your idea can be. And then you have to determine whether you're happy with that. So think about my brother and dad and grandpa, one man, one truck, one good life. They realize their secret sauce is their charisma.

Something You Should Know
The New Science of Effective Weight & What Makes an Idea Scalable

The idea is not just about... growing really, really large and taking over the world. The idea is figuring out how big your idea can be. And then you have to determine whether you're happy with that. So think about my brother and dad and grandpa, one man, one truck, one good life. They realize their secret sauce is their charisma.

Something You Should Know
The New Science of Effective Weight & What Makes an Idea Scalable

And they realize that they can have a really good life with one truck and them driving it. They realize that that's the extent that they want to scale. And they realize that their idea is not scalable. So they have to decide, is that the life that I want? Or should I try something new? And they're happy with that scalable idea.

Something You Should Know
The New Science of Effective Weight & What Makes an Idea Scalable

And they realize that they can have a really good life with one truck and them driving it. They realize that that's the extent that they want to scale. And they realize that their idea is not scalable. So they have to decide, is that the life that I want? Or should I try something new? And they're happy with that scalable idea.

Something You Should Know
The New Science of Effective Weight & What Makes an Idea Scalable

And they realize that they can have a really good life with one truck and them driving it. They realize that that's the extent that they want to scale. And they realize that their idea is not scalable. So they have to decide, is that the life that I want? Or should I try something new? And they're happy with that scalable idea.

Something You Should Know
The New Science of Effective Weight & What Makes an Idea Scalable

So what I'm trying to make the point about is to be scalable, you have to have certain features. But if you don't have all of those features, you still might want to do the idea if that's good enough for you. And there are a lot of ideas that can't take over the world. But there are a lot of ideas that have scaled.

Something You Should Know
The New Science of Effective Weight & What Makes an Idea Scalable

So what I'm trying to make the point about is to be scalable, you have to have certain features. But if you don't have all of those features, you still might want to do the idea if that's good enough for you. And there are a lot of ideas that can't take over the world. But there are a lot of ideas that have scaled.

Something You Should Know
The New Science of Effective Weight & What Makes an Idea Scalable

So what I'm trying to make the point about is to be scalable, you have to have certain features. But if you don't have all of those features, you still might want to do the idea if that's good enough for you. And there are a lot of ideas that can't take over the world. But there are a lot of ideas that have scaled.

Something You Should Know
The New Science of Effective Weight & What Makes an Idea Scalable

And you think about various products and ideas that work, they have the five features that I talk about. Ideas that might only have two or three of the features might scale, but the 10th is much smaller. So the idea is understand what are the signatures of ideas

Something You Should Know
The New Science of Effective Weight & What Makes an Idea Scalable

And you think about various products and ideas that work, they have the five features that I talk about. Ideas that might only have two or three of the features might scale, but the 10th is much smaller. So the idea is understand what are the signatures of ideas

Something You Should Know
The New Science of Effective Weight & What Makes an Idea Scalable

And you think about various products and ideas that work, they have the five features that I talk about. Ideas that might only have two or three of the features might scale, but the 10th is much smaller. So the idea is understand what are the signatures of ideas