Guruprasad Puranik

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Getting the Best Value Out of Your Net Promoter Scores

“On a scale of zero to ten, how likely is it that you would recommend [brand or company A] to a friend or colleague?” Chances are you have been through a survey like this. Net Promoter Score (NPS), which this question tracks, is ubiquitous and, as of 2020, was in

How To Start Tracking Your Net Worth Every Month

Grab your favorite drink, budget for an hour, and get started. 1. Download this spreadsheet template https://t.co/JP4JGpiPbi 2. CASH - list your bank accounts. Add the closing balance of the previous month for each of your accounts. Add cash closing balance or ignore it if the value

The Single Most Important Exercise for Your Financial Health – Tracking Your Net Worth Every Month

I have been tracking my Net worth consistently for the last 26 months, and it has been one of my highest leverage activities financially. I reduced the overwhelm and made the exercise quick and easy by: 1. Focusing on the liquid assets. I don't update the latest values

The Right Tool for Every Situation: My Behavior Design Stack

We cannot optimize our behavior with a single design tool. Here is my behavior design stack, which keeps me on track in different contexts: * Where I initiate the triggers or cues – Context Prompts These work very effectively with behaviors that I know when to happen, and I can control the

Online Courses Pre-sign up Checklist…for a Course Hoarder

After seeing how much we spent on courses, I won’t buy any course for a while! My friend had recently started tracking expenses. Her anguish was more to do with the value she derived from the courses rather than the cost. There is a big gap in course outcomes,

Lycurgus’s Sparta - The Most Ambitious Behavior Design Experiment in History?

Sparta’s wealthy had finally had it with Lycurgus. A furious mob denounced him in the marketplace and chased him as he attempted to flee. Lycurgus is said to have lost an eye in the encounter. And his fault – He had set upon one of the most ambitious behavior design

Do You Fancy Yourself as an Artist or a Craftsman? Only One of Them Will Make You More Effective

In the 16th century, Italian painter Giorgio Vasari published The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects a series of artist biographies sometimes described as "the first important book on art history". The Lives… elevated the artists to star status versus the reigning craftsmen following guild