At their essence, numbers are simple. Now I’m not talking about complex mathematical equations. I’m talking about the digits on the front and back of your favorite athlete’s jersey. To many, those numbers may seem trivial. There’s only room for one or two on each jersey, so they must be under 100. Some athletes are…
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I recently realized that I’ve been obsessed with patterns for years. Now, I’m not talking about geometric shapes; I’m talking about numbers, statistics, marketing. When I worked in radio, I tried to understand the patterns of how people listened to the radio. While working in the music business, I looked at social media growth patterns…
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While math was never my favorite subject in school, I did enjoy statistics. I’m sure the fact that I started paying attention to sports averages and now social media numbers keep that interest alive. So whenever I see some strange stats, I need to dig in. For example, what is the deadliest month of the…
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I’m sure you’ll agree with me that numbers lie. Just because you read some numbers on a piece of paper or on a computer screen doesn’t mean they’re real…
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Number association is a big part of our lives. You may not notice it at first, but take a look at today’s podcast title. It’s episode 1963. If you’re like me a picture has already formed. We associate numbers with people, places, and things all the time. I don’t about you, but right now I’m…
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So many of us are consumed with numbers. And let’s be honest, age is one of those numbers with which we have a love hate relationship. In our house we don’t say the number when it comes to age. Especially when it’s someone’s birthday…
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Sometimes in life we all get too caught up in numbers. And it doesn’t matter how old we are. For most people the fascination with numbers starts at a young age…. and that’s also what it starts with… age.
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There are some days when it seems that numbers matter more than on other days. For some people, today seems to be one of those days…
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Numbers are funny things. You can’t even consider them inanimate objects, yet they sometimes have a life of their own…
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I was actually thinking about titling this podcast “Fun With Numbers”, but when you consider the actual content that title didn’t seem quite right…
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