{"id":3599,"date":"2023-04-12T12:06:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T19:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=3599"},"modified":"2023-05-29T12:57:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T19:57:19","slug":"the-scary-new-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/the-scary-new-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"The scary new thing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-attachment-id=\"3634\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/the-scary-new-thing\/screenshot_2023-05-29_11-56-06\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot_2023-05-29_11-56-06.png?fit=1920%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_2023-05-29_11-56-06\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot_2023-05-29_11-56-06.png?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot_2023-05-29_11-56-06.png?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot_2023-05-29_11-56-06.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot_2023-05-29_11-56-06.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot_2023-05-29_11-56-06.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I find the two major successful ways that people prep for something new are:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&nbsp;get a generous cause<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;reduce the newness<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If I\u2019m nervous about the logistics of opening a book store\u2026 I get a generous cause thinking of the magical experience that might inspire illiterate kids in my community to learn. I reduce the newness by asking friends to donate books to me and taking them to schools for free. Plus other stuff like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we&#8217;re thinking of attracting and energizing groups of people, we do the same thing for them. We bring in the familiar and remind them why they&#8217;re joining in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Things are less scary!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I find the two major successful ways that people prep for something new are:&nbsp; If I\u2019m nervous about the logistics of opening a book store\u2026 I get a generous cause thinking of the magical experience that might inspire illiterate kids in my community to learn. I reduce the newness by asking friends to donate books [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":3634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10158666434799935_26707174888":"","twitter_aToyMjM4MTQzMDs=_22381430":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot_2023-05-29_11-56-06.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc33gc-W3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1757,"url":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/neophobia\/","url_meta":{"origin":3599,"position":0},"title":"Neophobia","author":"scot","date":"September 29, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Fear the new, resent the old! 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