Stone Soup
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4.8 • 24 Ratings
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- $1.99
Publisher Description
First published in 1947, this classic picture book has remained one of Marcia Brown's most popular and enduring books. The story, about three hungry soldiers who outwit the greedy inhabitants of a village into providing them with a feast, is based on an old French tale.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This old French tale about soldiers who trick miserly villages into making them a feast won a Caldecott Medal when Brown retold and illustrated it in 1947. (4-7)
Customer Reviews
Read at Robert Kiyosaki’s recommendation
My 2 cents:
Money is fiat.
Imagination, creativity and attention are what create mass movements.
Imagination and money are at the top of the hierarchy of value creation. Yet it doesn’t take money to make money. How odd. Just like stone soup. Guess you’ll have to see for yourself!
Read the book and see what comes to mind when you categorize the ways people think. Nothing is a limit unless it’s the laws of physics. And there’s nothing like a new story and group dynamics to stir even the most recalcitrant to action.
If you’re acquainted with the Fogg Behavior Model, you’ll also see how the curiosity of the stones is an effective “vision” that pushes the villagers over the success line, and how the requests are increasingly easier and more motivating for the villagers - but first starting from something very new, very opportunistic, and a “must see” hook.
if you’re developing a product, or asking how people are motivated, ask yourself how you can capture the imagination of your audience to persuade them to action, to any action. And see Yukai Chou’s Octalysis model for a model of human motivation..
e pluribus unum. sine qua non my friends...