Knowledge Booklet

Ebbinghaus Curve: Forgetting follows a decreasing exponential curve.
→ Review what you learn regularly within 24 hours, then after 1 week and 1 month.

Spacing Effect: Spaced learning over time is more effective.
→ Spread your study sessions over several days rather than cramming everything at once.

Sweller’s Law: Cognitive load must be optimized for effective learning.
→ Break complex topics into small, digestible, and progressive units.

Feynman Principle: If you cannot explain it simply, you do not understand it.
→ Test your understanding by explaining the concept to a 10-year-old.

Binet’s Law: Memory of things is influenced by their meaning.
→ Create personal and emotional connections with what you learn to improve retention.

Murphy’s Law: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
→ Prepare for the unexpected by having backup plans and anticipating obstacles.

Dunning-Kruger Effect: The least competent overestimate their abilities, while the most competent underestimate theirs.
→ Regularly seek objective feedback on your skills and stay humble in your learning.

Pygmalion Effect: Positive expectations positively influence performance.
→ Encourage others and express positive expectations to foster their success.

Confirmation Bias: The tendency to search for and interpret information that confirms our beliefs.
→ Actively seek opinions that contradict your own to broaden your perspective.

Law of Attraction: Positive thoughts attract positive experiences.
→ Practice daily gratitude and visualize your goals to create a positive momentum.

Cognitive Dissonance: Psychological discomfort occurs when our beliefs do not align with our actions.
→ Align your actions with your core values to maintain personal integrity.

Halo Effect: A positive trait of a person influences our perception of their other traits.
→ Evaluate people on multiple objective criteria rather than first impressions.

Godwin’s Law: The longer an online discussion continues, the probability of a Nazi comparison approaches 1.
→ Recognize when a discussion is going off-track and withdraw before it becomes toxic.

Peter Principle: In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to their level of incompetence.
→ Continuously develop your skills and recognize your professional limits.

Goodhart’s Law: When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.
→ Use multiple complementary indicators rather than relying on a single one to evaluate performance.

Brooks’ Law: Adding people to a late project makes it even later.
→ Optimize team size from the start rather than adding resources in a hurry.

Conway’s Law: Organizations design systems that mirror their communication structure.
→ Structure your teams according to the system you want to create.

Mehrabian’s Law: 7% verbal, 38% tone of voice, 55% body language in emotional communication.
→ Pay attention to your non-verbal cues and tone to enhance the impact of your messages.

Principle of Reciprocity: People tend to return what they receive.
→ Build relationships by helping others, which can strengthen your network and social support.

Miller’s Law: The human mind can retain 7±2 items in short-term memory.
→ Organize your presentations and lists into groups of 5 to 9 items maximum.

Metcalfe’s Law: The value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of users.
→ Invest in growing your professional network to multiply opportunities.

Say’s Law: Supply creates its own demand.
→ First create your product or service, then find your market by testing it.

Gresham’s Law: Bad money drives out good.
→ Maintain high quality standards to avoid being ousted by mediocre competition.

Veblen Effect: Demand increases with price for certain prestige goods.
→ For luxury products, a higher price can paradoxically increase attractiveness.

Occam’s Razor: The simplest assumptions are often the best.
→ When facing a problem, always start by exploring the simplest solutions.

Sturgeon’s Law: 90% of everything is of poor quality.
→ Be selective in your choices and actively seek the top 10% of excellence.

Hanlon’s Law: Never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity.
→ Give others the benefit of the doubt and avoid hasty negative interpretations.

Butterfly Effect: Small initial variations can have large consequences.
→ Pay attention to details, as even small actions can have a major impact.

Moore’s Law: Computing power doubles every 18–24 months.
→ Anticipate technological obsolescence in your long-term planning.

Rogers’ Curve: Innovation adoption follows a bell-shaped curve.
→ Identify your target market based on its position on the adoption curve.

Amara’s Law: We tend to overestimate the short-term impact and underestimate the long-term impact of technology.
→ Be patient with new technologies and consider their 10-year potential.

Lindy Principle: The future life expectancy of an idea is proportional to its current age.
→ Favor knowledge and practices that have stood the test of time.

Choice Paradox: Too many options can paralyze decision-making and reduce satisfaction.
→ Deliberately limit your options to 3–5 alternatives maximum.

Anchoring Bias: The first piece of information strongly influences subsequent decisions.
→ Present your best offer first to positively anchor perception.

Hick’s Law: Decision time increases with the number and complexity of choices.
→ Simplify menus and options to facilitate decision-making.

Premack Principle: Pleasant activities can reinforce less pleasant ones.
→ Reward yourself with an enjoyable activity after completing a difficult task.

Maslow’s Motivation Theory: Human needs are hierarchical, ranging from basic needs to self-actualization.
→ Identify which level of the hierarchy you are at to better direct your efforts.

Principle of Personal Responsibility: We are responsible for our choices and actions.
→ Fully own your decisions and their consequences rather than blaming circumstances.

Law of Least Effort: People tend to choose the solution requiring the least effort.
→ Simplify your processes to make it easier to make the right choice.

Covey’s Circle of Influence: Focus on what you can control.
→ Invest your energy only in your direct zone of influence.