Listener Favorites: Albert-Laszlo Barabasi | The Universal Laws of Success
The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
Srinivas Rao
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2021
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
In this incredibly interesting episode, we get to chat with Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, a Physicist and Data Scientist in Network Theory. Why does hard work not always measure up to success? We out-perform expectations to go the extra mile but somehow always finish a mile short of where we want to be. For too long the link between performance and success has remained a mystery. Now, Albert has used raw data and historic case studies to uncover the unspoken rules behind success so that we can leverage them to our advantage. This is definitely an episode you'll want to revisit.
To find out more about Albert-Laszlo Barabasi and his work, you can easily find him on Google or visit www.Barabasi.com
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| 0:00.0 | Yes, so let's talk about what the queue factor is right? So one of the things that the fact that each project has exactly the same probability of being the most successful of your life |
| 0:10.1 | That actually let the mathematical model of how creativity works and the way this works really is that every project that you start is like a random number |
| 0:19.2 | You pick a random number from a hat and you and I have access to the same hat |
| 0:23.5 | So we pick a random number from that and that could be one or six throw a dice right does it's like it's totally random and and then |
| 0:31.6 | You bring your knowledge and expertise on that and that's your queue factor and turn that idea into product if you're a scientist |
| 0:38.9 | It could be a paper if you are a podcast host could be actually a show or could be a book if you are right or whatever that is |
| 0:46.8 | And then you look at the success or the impact of that product like how many citations you got how many people voted this |
| 0:53.4 | So what and what we find is that the impact of that is nothing but that random number that you pick from the hat times |
| 1:02.0 | The queue factor that is your queue factor is a number that characterizes your ability to take a random idea and to turn into an impactful product |
| 1:12.0 | Now if you have a low queue factor even if you throw a six with a dice |
| 1:17.0 | It's not gonna be a high impact product because you don't have you don't know what to do with that right |
| 1:22.4 | So effectively you're not accelerating that idea very far |
| 1:25.9 | However, if you have a high queue factor you could still pick a low number random number |
| 1:31.6 | Better pick a bad idea and not to be very successful with it |
| 1:35.2 | But in the moment you hit across by chance |
| 1:38.1 | Through that great idea that the high random number |
| 1:41.5 | Times your high queue factor becomes a breakthrough |
| 1:44.4 | I |
| 1:49.2 | I'm Srinie Rao and this is the unmistakable creative podcast where you get a window into the stories and insights of the most innovative and creative minds |
| 1:56.9 | Started movements built driving businesses written best selling books and created and insanely interesting art for more check out our |
| 2:04.0 | 500 episode archive at unmistakablecreative.com |
| 2:06.9 | You |
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