Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Fear and Security in Business - AppsJacks Halloween 2018 Discussion

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In attendance were Berry Zimmerman, Bruce Follansbee, John Bodin, Eric Veal and new attendee Morgain.  Morgain sold re-breathers for SCUBA applications for about $8,000 apiece.


  • Types of fears
    • Uncertainty
    • Loss
    • Imposter
    • Boredom/Failure
    • Unknown
    • Insanity
    • Sucking
    • Replacement / Irrelevance / Obsolescence
    • Inhumanity and a lack of care, touch
    • Doom
    • War
    • Scarcity
    • Imminent Threat
    • Control
    • Change / Transition
    • Missed Opportunity / Missing Out / Losing / Normalcy / Complacency / Fear
    • Disappointment
    • Reprisal / Reputation
    • Being Wrong / Assumptions
    • Challengers / Outsiders / Competition / Others
    • Stagnancy
    • Ourselves / Our Power
    • Indecision / Inaction
    • Retribution
    • Accidents / Mistakes
  • Brene Brown: "The story I am making up is..."
  • Benefits of Fear
    • Sales tool
    • Motivator
    • Something to conquer
  • Eric
    • Cybersecurity
    • Voting System - Pinion
    • Not starting / not being self-employed
  • Bruce
    • Arne Duncan book - How Schools Work link
  • Andrew
    • Schools based on a customer service model now
    • Juicero product out of Silicon Valley link
  • Morgain Harris
    • Keyboard for CAD
    • Book: Focus by Heidi Grant Halvorson link
      • Promotion or Prevention
      • Adopt or Reject
      • Proactive or Reactive
  • Berry Zimmerman
    •  Fear of a lack of human engagement / connection caused by tech, for example
  • John Bodin
    • 501(c)(12) entity form link
    • Misalignment, lack of transparency, corruption of Suppliers
  • Jonathan 
    • Fear of reprisal
  • Kevin
    • Susan Stringer's friend
  • Game theory
    • Prisoner's dilema
At our next meeting: We discuss GRATITUDE and Its Utility in the Spirit of Thanksgiving.  Thank You vs. You're Welcome.