Building in the Sky

Here is a wonderful example of the application of Laws of Incremental Returns; that a journey of 1000 xm starts with a single step. It presents a schematic of the incremental growth in the size and scope of the International Space Station which is being expanded from the launch of  first module on November 20, [...]

Affinity Fraud and Ponzi Schemes

Have you, as I, been trying to make sense of the recent debacle that has been caused by Mr. Bernard Madoff? Are you puzzled by what the origin of the “Ponzi” scheme is? Here you will find a good account of how pyramid schemes have come to be known as ”Ponzi” schemes. Below is a graphic demonstrationof such a scheme from a December [...]

Performance

What is responsible for world-class achievement? How does success come to pass? The topic of performance and two books by Malcom Gladwell (Outliers: The Story of Success) and Geoff Colvin (Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else) were discussed on Charlie Rose (12/19). It was an incredible program to watch as these [...]

The Unsung Hero

Here is a post at Condé Nast Portfolio about David Plouffe, who Obama referred to as being the unsung hero of his campaign. In a way, the sucess of the campaign they effectively put together is a good manifestation of the laws of incremental returns, one that was built by a gathering of resources and the [...]

Paying for Now

Seth Godin has a post on the high cost of access to source or moment of  information:
More than ever, there’s a clear relationship between how new something is and how much it costs to discover that news.”
One point of view that needs to be highlighted, however, is, in the current times, the acceleration between the limited introduction and broad distribution of [...]

The Laws of Incremental Returns: Reclaiming the Long-term Perspective

The old adage has it that patience is a virtue. In the day and age where attention is continually being interrupted and many of us are driven by the desire to find the shortcuts in life there is a case to be made for patience. I shall aspire to document thoughts and information that will [...]