Thinking on Thinking

How do we signal -- to the right people, with the right message, at the right time? How do we choose our in-group?

We talk this week about signaling, what it means, how we do it, what feels weird when people seem part of the "us" group but also part of the "them" group, realizing your family in-group is not actually an in-group, aspirational signaling, signaling versus living your truth, and the way we bias based on signals when being approached for business.

We also briefly discuss Pride signaling, and chuckle about rainbow washed shampoo bottles.

**Theme music is by Steve Combs, available here: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Steve_Combs_Premium_Preview_EP_1325/06__Steve_Com**

How do you think about success? What are the components of your success?

This week, we explore how to construct a model for success, defining success, success ecosystems, how Divya would learn something new -- and be successful at it, how success-focused models can deliver in terms of achieving goals (but also warping intentions), and why achieving things sometimes comes with a sense of loss.

We also briefly discuss and mis-remember the specifics of the paper, "High income improves evaluation of life but not emotional well-being," a 2010 paper by Daniel Kahneman and Angus Deaton, available here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20823223/ .

Theme music is by Steve Combs, available here: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Steve_Combs_Premium_Preview_EP_1325/06__Steve_Combs_Through__Theme/ .