Sit near the standard — a framework by Ole Wang

Hand-drawn diagram of framework 245, Sit near the standard: Stand next to the standard you want. — Framework 245 · in one look

How to use it

Choose where you stand: the bar next to the strongest athlete, the desk next to the person who ships, the room where people post their logs. Your five closest people are a training plan.

How sure we are

P Evidence: promising. Good studies, but small or few. Use it and keep checking.

Sources

Proximity to high performers lifted performance and to low performers lowered it (likely Housman & Minor 2016, HBS working paper; figures not verified) · fear signals transfer (Mujica-Parodi et al. 2009).

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