Think Different is Bad Advice - Nir&Far

Nir And Far: Business, Behaviour and the Brain - Een podcast door Nir Eyal

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Nir’s Note: This guest post is an excerpt from the new book Invisible Influence: The Hidden Factors that Shape Behavior, written by my friend and Wharton School professor, Jonah Berger.

Being different, the notion goes, is the route to success. Think different was even Apple’s motto for a period. And Apple is often held up as a poster child of the benefits of this ethos. Conventional wisdom suggests that products like the iPhone and Macintosh succeeded because they were different from the rest. Steve Jobs was a visionary because he thought different from everyone else. 

There’s only one problem with this advice. It’s wrong.

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