The tipping point was an extremely interesting book. The book gave good insight to things in everyday life that people don’t usually realize. It gives specifics such as “The three agents of change” which are The Law of Few, The Stickiness Factor, and The Power of Context. The Three Agents of Change are used to determine the “Tipping Point.”
The law of few, is basically explained by what is called the 80/20 principle. These means the 20% of the people will do 80% of the work. So basically if you fix any problem within the 20% of any business, or county, etc. then it should find its way down into fixing the rest of the 80%. That’s where the focus needs to be to make sure it can be successful.
Next is the Stickiness Factor. This is basically the idea of having something stick in your mind. Its usually a concept used by kids shows. They will give you a full story, but make sure that some specific lesson sticks in the kids mind. This technique is also used for people who study. This can also be used plainly for entertainment. If you want someone to remember a tv show or some sort of event on tv, you have to make sure there is something big enough to keep it in people mind.
The 3rd and final agent of change is the power of context. Basically this means that human behavior is highly determined by their surrounding. A personal example would be a friend of mine who used to live in Florida, had long hair and wore shorts everyday. When he moved to New York City, he cut his hair, and started wearing “High Fashion” jeans. When I asked him why he changed his style, his first response was, jokingly, “because its colder.” Then he said “Because that what everyone else wears.” Both those points make sense and are able to be traced back to the power of context. Weather can obviously be a huge impact on human behavior, because of necessary things that need to be done for survival. And the people who you surround yourself with are also a big part of determining your own personality. You can be judged a lot about your character by the people you hang out with.
The tipping point brings to light many things in life that seem to be “Just because,” but the truth is that there is a reason for what happens, and who does whatever happens. The tipping point, or point of change in either a society or a person, can be traced back by a series of events, but by analyzing the 3 agents of change you can see exactly when it happened. Weather its because of the law of few, stickiness factor, or the power of context, whatever is analyzed will become drastically different after all these have taken place.
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