Product-Market Fit exercise
“They have an idea for a machine, and they build the machine and then, “Hmmm. Who would want this? We think it’s cool, but who wants this?” So they go do this Product-Market Fit exercise.I don’t like that. That’s how I’ve ended up launching to crickets. And that’s not fun at all.” Jonathan Stark on The Business Of Authority [02:24] Jonathan, in his now reverse-engineering of how to approach the market makes 2 main questions: How to do the thing so it keeps the promise to the person? How do I…
Your ONE thing
What’s the ONE thing you really rock at? Would love to know how you do what you do.
Feels like magic
Magic doesn’t exist. Yet you create it. Here’s something I learned from a magic course I took at university (entertainment for restaurants and bars —a past life): Magic exists. And it doesn’t exist. Doesn’t exist in the fairy-tale sense. However, magic is that awe people feel when they get to find, see and experience the unexpected. Magic is about surprise. About delight. It takes a shit-ton of work to get it done, and when it does, it’s not about the performer, but about the audience. About…
Trade-offs
You can choose to do one thing above other things. If you try to do many things at once, odds of not completing all of them rise. You need to choose. To decide. To trade one thing for another. To pick one as a priority. And —usually— a priority is what stands out. However… You can’t live in priorities. Or in a constant state of emergency. Because if you live in a constant state of emergency, it’s not an emergency anymore. It’s chaos. Your way out: Be ruthless with what you say no to. It…
Momentum
Today, this email comes from fellow daily emailer Tanya Moushi from Daily Inspire. It has such a resonance that I could not not share it with you.(Do go subscribe to her amazing dailies) Daily Inspire I don’t eat the frog.I do what builds momentum.Small wins –> Big snowballs. Tanya Moushi
Your positioning can’t be fixed.
Having this gap between the what you do and how you do it is what often times feels like a positioning problem. However, your positioning can’t be fixed. Not in a one-time event. Or simply filling blanks in a template. That will help, for sure. But it goes way deeper. It requires: Structural changes Mindset changes Business changes It asks (and forces) you to question how you see things and what you’re able to see. It’s in-depth work. It’s painful. It takes time. It’s a long game —but not…
A Gap
After receiving and having a few conversations on these 2 questions: What’s your ONE thing? What makes your ONE thing unlike to what others might say about the same thing? Something stood out: The first question (What) was simple to elaborate and understand. On the second question though, articulating the How seemed more complex. There was a gap between those 2 concepts and how to connect them organically. Do you feel the same when asked about what’s your ONE thing?
The thing about your ONE thing
What’s THE thing about your one thing? What makes it unlike to what others might say about the same thing?
Everything’s been said
Jain. [German expression for Yes and No at the same time (Ja+Nein)] If you have this feeling that when you’re writing (daily), you’ll get to a point where you’ve said it all. You might be right. Or not. Everything’s been already said (mostly) by someone else. However, you have a perspective very few people (if any) have. Your own experiences. Your own fails. Your wins. And your burns. Being original is an spectrum. Like life, it’s not all black and white. So, go ahead and repeat. Plus, if you…
Fairness
“If someone is working more, they deserve more. That’s fair” [Overheard in a conversation.] That’s not necessarily true. It generalizes that more effort (aka work) is tied to more rewards. If that were the case, interns should be millionaires by now. A book that took 11 years to get written, should be the most awarded. Or… It could have nothing to do with it. Like this song, by Beastie Boys “It was summer 1986. We wrote it in about five minutes. We were in the Palladium with Rick Rubin,…