Leaves them better

It’s reasonable to expect people – customers, colleagues, partners, investors – to behave in their own self interest. To look at a situation and make an A/B decision that leaves them better than they started.

Of course, better than they started is a subjective term – so let’s allow, in our standard model, that they’ll sometimes make choices that leave them better than they started using metrics that aren’t so obvious. Like when they’re making decisions in favour of their conscience, or their fellow man, or anything that makes them feel better about themselves (including in their wallet or ego).

Except, more often that the standard model predicts, people don’t do things that leave them better than they started. They prevaricate, they dodge, the hedge, they hesitate. They do everything they can to not do anything. Until, until, until …

Skippy strategy: It only matters what they do, not what you think they’ll do.

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