Balance: How to Design an Experiment
IMPORTANT : If you’re just tuning in now, click here for Part I , Balance: The Experiment and then come back here. This is Part II of a two-parter on using Experiments to keep your life on track. How to Design an Experiment Like any experimenter, when our ReBalancers design Experiments, they follow a sequence of steps. The implementation may be spontaneous or deliberate, but the steps are basically the same either way. Observe the current situation to see what needs to change. Examples: a) My motorcycle’s valves need adjustment or the engine will be damaged. b) Current ulcer treatment doesn’t really work. c) My life is a mess. Develop a hypothesis about how to implement change. Examples: a) If I use a system like my brother did, maybe I can learn from failed attempts. b) Ulcers may be caused by a pathogen that can survive in stomach acid. c) If I ask for help, I may get it. Test the hypothesis with an Experiment. Identify a small, experimental action tha...