Comments on: What warring first-graders taught me about perceived value http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/what-warring-first-graders-taught-me-about-perceived-value/ Entrepreneurship, marketing, personal devlelopment Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:27:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Simple Dollar » The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup: Strep Edition http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/what-warring-first-graders-taught-me-about-perceived-value/#comment-1631 The Simple Dollar » The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup: Strep Edition Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:01:49 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/what-warring-first-graders-taught-me-about-perceived-value/#comment-1631 [...] What Warring First Graders Taught Me About Perceived Value I couldn’t help but think about my own experiences trading baseball cards on the playground when I was in first grade. (@ jonathan fields / awake at the wheel) [...] [...] What Warring First Graders Taught Me About Perceived Value I couldn’t help but think about my own experiences trading baseball cards on the playground when I was in first grade. (@ jonathan fields / awake at the wheel) [...]

]]> By: Financial planning tips and Roth IRA conversion planning for those in their 30s and 40s » Chance Flavors of the Week http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/what-warring-first-graders-taught-me-about-perceived-value/#comment-1575 Financial planning tips and Roth IRA conversion planning for those in their 30s and 40s » Chance Flavors of the Week Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:38:17 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/what-warring-first-graders-taught-me-about-perceived-value/#comment-1575 [...] What warring first graders taught me about perceived value - Very clever post, it seems many adults still have a lot of the same traits they had when they were children, I think they’re just far better at masking them… [...] [...] What warring first graders taught me about perceived value – Very clever post, it seems many adults still have a lot of the same traits they had when they were children, I think they’re just far better at masking them… [...]

]]> By: Jonathan Fields http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/what-warring-first-graders-taught-me-about-perceived-value/#comment-1561 Jonathan Fields Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:18:43 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/what-warring-first-graders-taught-me-about-perceived-value/#comment-1561 @ Jeff - Count me among the Starbucks brainwashed! Funny thing is, I remember, when they first started, telling people how I hated their coffee because I wasn't into dark roast. Now, I not only like it, I pay through the nose for it! Go figure! @ Keith - thanks for the buzzword of the day, man. @ Flora - Tell me about it! As I was writing this, more and more memories and stories started flooding into my memory! And, hey, I'm rooting for YOU on the next eclipse! @ Jeff – Count me among the Starbucks brainwashed! Funny thing is, I remember, when they first started, telling people how I hated their coffee because I wasn’t into dark roast. Now, I not only like it, I pay through the nose for it! Go figure!

@ Keith – thanks for the buzzword of the day, man.

@ Flora – Tell me about it! As I was writing this, more and more memories and stories started flooding into my memory! And, hey, I’m rooting for YOU on the next eclipse!

]]> By: Flora Morris Brown, Ph.D. http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/what-warring-first-graders-taught-me-about-perceived-value/#comment-1558 Flora Morris Brown, Ph.D. Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:15:00 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/what-warring-first-graders-taught-me-about-perceived-value/#comment-1558 Jonathan, This story brought back the memory of the heated verbal fights my son (then 13) and daughter(then 7) would get into over who would ride in the front seat of the car every time we went somewhere. A negotiated truce was absolutely essential. The deal was they would take turns. Since we were in the car a lot running errands and going to lessons, they alternated riding shotgun each time we got back in the car. This continued for a full year it seems until one day I noticed they didn't care anymore. One of them would resume their starting position and tell the other to sit in the front. They may have matured, but I must confess that I'm Garbage Wrapper Girl about competitions that I create in my own head and that my competitors don't even know exist. My handyman, for example, is very knowledgeable about many things such as computers, printers,cameras,etc. and he seems to have vacationed all over the world. I'm always trying to beat him to the punch on discovering something new or getting unique camera shots of events such as the Eclipse. I was hoping he didn't remember the Eclipse, but he did. He not only remembered, but got better shots. Drats! ~I wonder if he'll be shooting pictures at the LA Marathon in March in L.A.?~ Jonathan,

This story brought back the memory of the heated verbal fights my son (then 13) and daughter(then 7) would get into over who would ride in the front seat of the car every time we went somewhere.

A negotiated truce was absolutely essential.

The deal was they would take turns. Since we were in the car a lot running errands and going to lessons, they alternated riding shotgun each time we got back in the car.

This continued for a full year it seems until one day I noticed they didn’t care anymore. One of them would resume their starting position and tell the other to sit in the front.

They may have matured, but I must confess that I’m Garbage Wrapper Girl about competitions that I create in my own head and that my competitors don’t even know exist.

My handyman, for example, is very knowledgeable about many things such as computers, printers,cameras,etc. and he seems to have vacationed all over the world. I’m always trying to beat him to the punch on discovering something new or getting unique camera shots of events such as the Eclipse. I was hoping he didn’t remember the Eclipse, but he did. He not only remembered, but got better shots. Drats!

~I wonder if he’ll be shooting pictures at the LA Marathon in March in L.A.?~

]]> By: Keith http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/what-warring-first-graders-taught-me-about-perceived-value/#comment-1557 Keith Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:55:56 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/what-warring-first-graders-taught-me-about-perceived-value/#comment-1557 Awesome article...there is a book I read once called "Everything I needed to learn, I learned in Kindergarden". If we cannot evolve beyond this primary level of awareness and humanity, then man as a race is in for some unpleasant surprises. For me, today, the buzzword is "collaboration"...this way we will turn all lemons into lemonade...and all participants in the game of life will endure. Regards, Keith J, Author "365 Great Affirmations" Awesome article…there is a book I read once called “Everything I needed to learn, I learned in Kindergarden”. If we cannot evolve beyond this primary level of awareness and humanity, then man as a race is in for some unpleasant surprises. For me, today, the buzzword is “collaboration”…this way we will turn all lemons into lemonade…and all participants in the game of life will endure. Regards, Keith J, Author “365 Great Affirmations”

]]> By: Jeff@My Super-Charged Life http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/what-warring-first-graders-taught-me-about-perceived-value/#comment-1556 Jeff@My Super-Charged Life Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:47:34 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/what-warring-first-graders-taught-me-about-perceived-value/#comment-1556 What about Starbucks? Who would have ever imagined that we would pay $3-$5 for a cup of coffee? I'm guilty of it. We all want to be associated with what is cool. I guess it is part of our basic make-up to try to fit in. All the advertisers know this and use it to their advantage. Sell the image! Great article. I gave it a Stumble. What about Starbucks? Who would have ever imagined that we would pay $3-$5 for a cup of coffee? I’m guilty of it. We all want to be associated with what is cool. I guess it is part of our basic make-up to try to fit in. All the advertisers know this and use it to their advantage. Sell the image!

Great article. I gave it a Stumble.

]]> By: Jonathan Fields http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/what-warring-first-graders-taught-me-about-perceived-value/#comment-1553 Jonathan Fields Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:40:37 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/what-warring-first-graders-taught-me-about-perceived-value/#comment-1553 @ Lynn - yeah, what's funny, too, is that my first inclination was to say, "hey, don't you realize the stuff you're fighting over isn't worth anything?" But, then I realized, even though the stuff had no "intrinsic" value, if they believed it was valuable, then, for those 20-minutes, it was! Because value is totally subjective. So, I just moved on to negotiating the truce. :) @ Lynn – yeah, what’s funny, too, is that my first inclination was to say, “hey, don’t you realize the stuff you’re fighting over isn’t worth anything?”

But, then I realized, even though the stuff had no “intrinsic” value, if they believed it was valuable, then, for those 20-minutes, it was! Because value is totally subjective. So, I just moved on to negotiating the truce. :)

]]> By: Lynn http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/what-warring-first-graders-taught-me-about-perceived-value/#comment-1552 Lynn Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:30:18 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/what-warring-first-graders-taught-me-about-perceived-value/#comment-1552 It's so true! We often look at kids' behaviors and think they're being silly or "kids" but really it's just that adults are better able to hide their feelings or cover up the underlying desire in a cloak of "sophisticated" behavior. We vie for attention, get upset at "unfair" situations, and cry over spilled milk all the time. We just call it something else. That was a great solution you handed down! It’s so true! We often look at kids’ behaviors and think they’re being silly or “kids” but really it’s just that adults are better able to hide their feelings or cover up the underlying desire in a cloak of “sophisticated” behavior. We vie for attention, get upset at “unfair” situations, and cry over spilled milk all the time. We just call it something else. That was a great solution you handed down!

]]> By: Jonathan Fields http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/what-warring-first-graders-taught-me-about-perceived-value/#comment-1551 Jonathan Fields Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:10:07 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/what-warring-first-graders-taught-me-about-perceived-value/#comment-1551 @ Hayden - I've recently been forced to discover Disney Radio's playlist is about 4 songs long! And, hey, I'm not immune to sneaking into my wifes closet and throwing on her JCs for a quick dash to the store (don't tell her, k, just between us)! ;-) Point was really not that we should all just run around in burlap sacks, but more that it's funny to see how certain patterns are established so early in life and, all too often, the patterns we see in kids and laugh about or decry are the very same patterns and values that govern our behavior as adults, we just don't notice. @ Hayden – I’ve recently been forced to discover Disney Radio’s playlist is about 4 songs long! And, hey, I’m not immune to sneaking into my wifes closet and throwing on her JCs for a quick dash to the store (don’t tell her, k, just between us)! ;-)

Point was really not that we should all just run around in burlap sacks, but more that it’s funny to see how certain patterns are established so early in life and, all too often, the patterns we see in kids and laugh about or decry are the very same patterns and values that govern our behavior as adults, we just don’t notice.

]]> By: Hayden Tompkins http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/what-warring-first-graders-taught-me-about-perceived-value/#comment-1550 Hayden Tompkins Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:03:26 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/what-warring-first-graders-taught-me-about-perceived-value/#comment-1550 I have that stupid "See You Again" song in my head. And what's worse is that I LIKE IT. :sigh: Regarding perceived value, a lot of value has to do with shared aesthetics. So Jimmy Choo's don't seem any different to you than espadrilles, but have you SEEN espadrilles. Excuse me while I retch. I definitely take your point, though, perceived value to me is what the stock market is ALL ABOUT. I have that stupid “See You Again” song in my head. And what’s worse is that I LIKE IT.

:sigh:

Regarding perceived value, a lot of value has to do with shared aesthetics. So Jimmy Choo’s don’t seem any different to you than espadrilles, but have you SEEN espadrilles. Excuse me while I retch.

I definitely take your point, though, perceived value to me is what the stock market is ALL ABOUT.

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