Cause and Effect Principle: How you can explain your work using Metaphor
It was at the age of 22 Newton discovered gravity. But why did he choose to worry about Apples and not other objects? Other objects in newton’s life kept falling, but he never worried about those objects but only the apple. The idea seems to be simple, and also newton had never played football kind of game where he could not feel the items are falling. But in reality, the cause of the apple falling towards the ground sounds like a simple metaphor where he can share this with people. He would have known the apple metaphor would work well compared to other metaphors like people throwing stones at each other or throwing a stone from the top floor, etc.,
In the apple falling case, the apple is falling without an external third party, and newton must have thought this allows him to explain the gravity without people’s experimental intervention. The metaphor of the apple falling to the ground automatically made newton to propagate and sell his idea of gravity. Newton shared his work of Cause and Effect with a great analogy.
This article would cover three aspects of Cause and Effect and how you can use these three simple principles as a startup.
1. Find one analogy concept for Cause and Effect
2. Align with one communication of Cause and Effect
3. Benchmark the Cause and Effect and repeat it
Let’s go through simplicity in Cause and Effect
The market is very dynamic due to many changes with great effects, and big companies thrive with creating a long-lasting impact on people. But if we can see a bit deeper, would they plan for all the effects and write it down in paper? Often it is impossible to predict all the effects that happen with the cause similar as the effects of a gravity. Because a product creates a side effect, and it is endless. Companies cannot control their impact, but they can control their cause 100 percent. By sticking to their cause consistently, they ride on the Effect with great success. Newton could have picked any other analogy in Newton’s discovery, but he chose to go with simplicity. Why Apple falls towards the ground, a question can be asked by anyone. Let’s move towards the second part of the article.
Align with one communication of Cause and Effect
When we create a strategy for cause and Effect, we miss the communication part. As a startup, we don’t think about the communication for cause and Effect should be aligned. What we say does not align with what we do. This causes conflict in our customer’s mind, and they cannot understand what we are trying to communicate. A cause creates many effects, and we need to have this awareness. In newton’s case, the effects are many due to gravity. But newton chooses to stick with one communication that is “falling objects.” It is a direct alignment and one clear communication for his cause and Effect of gravity. Let’s move to the third part of our article.
Benchmark the Cause and Effect and repeat it
We do something, and we get results based on what we do. But often we miss the point of tracking it and making a note of our cause and Effect. There must be an audit required for our cause and Effect on all our startup activities. We need to track what works and what does not work daily. When we audit and cultivate the habit of monitoring it every day, we become competent. When we do the same thing again and again with improvisation, we move from competition to fluency. If you give enough time, the fluency becomes mastery, and your startup will become master in your way. As soon as Newton discovered gravity , he explored how the moon revolves around the earth and interplanetary gravitation and gravity causes with a detailed explanation. Now, Let’s move to the summary.
Summary
Cause and Effect with analogy is a robust framework for great success. The world becomes lively, based on Cause and Effect and stories. When we understand this principle, if we make it simple, we move from simplicity to fluency. Through consistency and benchmarking, cause and Effect create extraordinary results and fantastic success. As newton found his apple metaphor for sharing the gravity idea with cause and Effect, you can find your analogy with a great idea, explain your cause and development, and become super successful.
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