{"id":3408,"date":"2015-01-11T12:47:08","date_gmt":"2015-01-11T16:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=3408"},"modified":"2015-02-09T17:08:50","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T21:08:50","slug":"uncertain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/uncertain\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncertain?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang&#8217;s 6th book, &#8220;What They Will NEVER Teach You at Stanford Business School <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ejeIz4EhoJ0\" target=\"_blank\">WTWNTYASBS&#8221;<\/a>, will launch 11-11-19 in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Wjsp6XV5S0o\" target=\"_blank\">photo-booth<\/a> like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0ZegqjCrV_0\" target=\"_blank\">Tresemme two-story tradeshow booth<\/a> New York Fashion Week. As CEO of Duck9, he leads an army to help college student <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101secrets.com\/general-population-credit-knowledge.htm\" target=\"_blank\">consumers get a FICO<\/a> over 770. Post H.L.S. keynote, Harvard Business wrote: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.harbus.org\/2009\/What-They-Dont-Teach-4531\/\" target=\"_blank\">What They Don\u2019t Teach You at Stanford Business School<\/a>&#8221; (his latest post: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/entrepreneurship\/setting-an-intention-for-your-sxsw-practice-at-yoga-journal-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\">Setting an intention for SXSWi<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 155px;\" width=\"156\" cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tzcyeJtosig?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"260\" height=\"183\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><br \/>\nNY Fashion Week is just like the Mom&#8217;s Day Fashion Show. Instead of the &#8216;Union&#8217;, its held at Lincoln Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<div>b<\/p>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/3411684931\/bd26194fa93733b624ec22966dbdb9d9_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/554153410656628738\">1\/10\/15, 9:50 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>How are you with &#8216;uncertainty&#8217;?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Have you ever practiced how to be in circumstance that wasnt 100% certain<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Let us address uncertainty.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It&#8217;s not from the perceived uncertainty of the &#8220;31 envelopes&#8221; program.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"6CB8E6A4-61E9-4E3F-A1B9-3869E426A0E9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/image34.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>31 envelopes works in raising your FICO score because written and mailed communications lever Fair Credit Reporting Act<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Lets talk about uncertainty as it applies to entrepreneurship. Lets address the practice of entrepreneurship via the practice of dealing with uncertainty.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>-1- Waitlisting for a party.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Practicing getting on a waitlist and clearing that waitlist.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>-2- practice &#8220;hamster wheeling the backend&#8221; via eBay.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Sell the part 7030458 before you buy one. List it to be exactly like<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/mcuban710b\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/mcuban710b<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Arbitrage it exactly like<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/mcuban710c\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/mcuban710c<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">-3- Lets start with those two. I can think up an option #3&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">My story.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">I accidentally learned to deal with uncertainty super well. As an engineer, I got a job selling advertising because my mentors book, WTDTYAHBS, recommended I do sales. My mentor and I mind-melded because I let his brain&#8217;s knowledge seep into my brain. This mitigated a lot of uncertainty.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">I see a lot a prepreneurs (pre entrepreneurs) go through progressions \u00a0where they attempt to survey and judge what they cannot see. Thus, they let uncertainty paralyze them. Typically, the higher the education level (Stanford engineering being the highest ;-). So, typically, the higher the education, the less ability to deal with uncertainty.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">Exercise 3: Network at a party by yourself.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">There is a lot of uncertainty.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">Please be safe if you&#8217;re a female. Text me if you want me to provide a safety net.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">Lets couple this concept with RMRMRE. Risk Mitigation, risk minimization and risk elimination. This\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">practice of managing perceived uncertainty goes directly at my RMRMRE goal. It is by practicing executing that we learn to operate in the face of uncertainty.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">For example, I concocted a slew of &#8220;pop up internships&#8221;. They are 7 hour internships. Maybe you can google em.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang&#8217;s 6th book, &#8220;What They Will NEVER Teach You at Stanford Business School WTWNTYASBS&#8221;, will launch 11-11-19 in a photo-booth like the Tresemme two-story tradeshow booth New York Fashion Week. As CEO of Duck9, he leads an army to help college student consumers get a FICO over 770. Post H.L.S. keynote, Harvard Business wrote: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-credit-bureau-disputes","category-entrepreneurship"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}