Posts Tagged ‘surprise’

3 Ways To Be Memorable By Breaking People’s Patterns

Life is full of little situations that you encounter regularly. Some people don't see these for the opportunities that they are: a chance to stand out, be different, and be memorable.They're a way to quickly built rapport with someone so they can think back later and say "Brian...hmm, yeah he was the guy who does [BLANK]" or "Barbara, oh yeah she is the gal who said [BLANK]". You stood out… Continue reading

September 12 2008 | By Brian | Tagged: connections, expectation, greeting, interaction, meet, pattern, people, rapport, surprise | 33 comments»

Sticky Ideas Workshop (Part 2): Unexpected

He was dead the whole time! Darth Vader is Luke's father! She's his sister and his daughter!The endings of movies like Sixth Sense, The Empire Strikes Back, and Chinatown -- and the stories that lead up to them – stick with us for years and even decades because they trigger a deep psychological reflex: surprise. They come at us out of nowhere (seemingly – repeat viewings tend to reveal… Continue reading

August 15 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: Communication, idea, madetostick, surprise, teaching, unexpected, writing | 6 comments»

Surprise!

Yesterday after a reasonably productive morning, I jauntily packed my gym bag, went downstairs to the garage and reached in to hit the garage door opener, started walking to my car and nearly stepped on a three foot long coiled snake.

I do not like snakes.

Cats are better than people, dogs are great, fish are fine. Snakes? Not fine. Definitely not fine in my garage. Definitely, positively, utterly not fine when… Continue reading

May 1 2007 | By Bob | Tagged: disaster, emergency, snake, surprise | 3 comments»