ain't that the truth! (but yeah, i think it's higher than 2% from my experience... I would say much higher as in a group of 20, i could easily have one or two.) .But, factoring in this does lead to better instructions (albeit, longer and perhaps for the rest of the group, redundant or irritating, or worse "intelligent insulting" extra instruction)

I love option number 2...annoy, demonize and lose the 2% (who could very well be different every time) sounds like a hell of a lot of fun!

BB King plays what he loves.
Most everybody loves what he plays.
People who play faster and more complicated stuff that gets them more fans-When they get time off they listen to-
BB King-of course.
The content is as strong as the headline.... See More
Becoming what we love may be difficult but it has its advantages.

Point well taken.

In Direct Marketing, we've been teaching LTV for years...and still no one gets it. I used to talk to phone companies, and they'd say they could pay $10. for a new customer...one that probably would be worth thousands of dollars to them.
Makes me so upset about car companies, insurance companies, etc.

Identify the value customers, and focus on them, treat them well. A strategy Apple also used.

Disruptive thinking = Do not try to switch the hammer — that's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth: there is no hammer.

Great, I got my hammer and I will work my way from the basement!!! Hammer time indeed!!

Seth I feel that I rock!!! I love my expereince and quick learning capabilities!!!

Often internet advertising is blown out of proportion vs. traditional media like TV and radio. They are more effective often times on a reach x frequency basis to target the mass consumer. Internet is better at target audiences.

So if this is right. what are the people with five zillion online friends doing?

@ David wasting their time! I postulate that our mental name registry has a finite number of entries available. When you try to exceed the limit, a function similar to Windows clean-up (you have icons on your desktop never used) occurs. Go to a college reunion 25 years later and think of of how many people in your dorm you knew then - and now you go "you lived two doors down? Oh really..."

On a related note, howThe real question is how many "bail me out of jail" friends you can have at one time

I have several hundred "friends" on Facebook. But in fact there are different levels of friendship, and different amounts of time spent with them. Some are people who were once close and are now distant; others are people who I have never met personally but are quite close. Some are people I see every day or at least once a week. FB Friends are ... See Morejust not "friends" in the same way as Dunbar Friends. Which means you need to choose your friends carefully, as they are a treasure. The one thing you can't buy more of in this world, and you can't be given more of, is time and apparently friends!

Maybe it should be limited to the number that you would loan $50, no questions asked. Or that you would have lunch with...I think most people have friends on social nets just to hear about their doings, not necessarily do or speak with them, like a community newspaper.

Dave: Well said.

I totally agree with this--the glassy eye syndrome. Have been reducing my "friends" on Twitter (although do sometimes keep "friends" i don't know just because they interest me.

I agree that social media's general definition of friends is not what is being defined here. After the initial contact most FB friends become nothing more than commenters that like to talk about themselves or their opinions. Hardly the definition of friends Dunbar had in mind.
I would go farther than Dunbar and say to have even 10 good friends that you interact with on an intimate level is extraordinary in todays context.

What we forget is that 150 is a very good number when ideas go viral. It's not how many people you know but who they know and who they communicate with.

very Tao

I liked the article, well said.

Well put...as usual.

u gott brainzzz seth .awsmmm

David, I agree with you. I think this money is well spent. $880 in NYC is a fair price for such seminar and networking opportunity. And all the fees from the second seminar are donated to the charity.

I happen to think it is very reasonable for someone of Seth's caliber speaking in NYC. Here in Grand Rapids, Michigan you pay $250 for someone that you went to High School with - oh wait that is another of Seth's blogs... ;)