{"id":4721,"date":"2022-11-28T16:47:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T16:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/observingothers.com\/?p=4721"},"modified":"2022-11-28T20:11:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T20:11:18","slug":"the-scarlet-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/observingothers.com\/?p=4721","title":{"rendered":"The Scarlet Number"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4721\" class=\"elementor elementor-4721\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-538b2fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"538b2fc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2712086\" data-id=\"2712086\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fee002e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fee002e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.4 - 13-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: The Scarlet N#mber\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/1ZTAXPy6fEwjdA33QmYuTz?si=klbg61ezR0ahm505-cj_rw&utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b6c347 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b6c347\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We have talked a lot about words.<\/p><p>We have made up a few words like confluencer and collaboratory.<\/p><p>And made lists of words that start with letters like B, E &amp; R.<\/p><p>\u00a0What about numbers?<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0When we say &#8220;word count&#8221; or &#8220;character limits&#8221; what do we mean?<\/p><p>Who would have thought numbers have anything to do with words?<\/p><p>And then algorithms and analytics came along.<\/p><p>And time limits.<\/p><p>Even Ted Talks have time limits<\/p><p>In fact, we have talked before about time of possession: giving time of possession to the person you are talking to.<\/p><p>Have you heard of the books the &#8220;12 Week Year&#8221; or the &#8220;5 Second Rule&#8221;?<\/p><p>It seems that numbers and counting have everything to do with words.<\/p><p>In fact, in some instances numbers are more powerful than words.<\/p><p>Today we talk about the Scarlet Number.\u00a0<\/p><p>And, of course that is a play on words from the title of a famous book The Scarlet Letter, a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0What are the Scarlet Numbers in your profession?\u00a0 Personal life?<\/p><p>Listen to find out how life is measured by the numbers.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have talked a lot about words. 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