If you need to leave a desert island. Most probably you don’t know where to go. You don’t see the mainland. But if you build a boat and start sailing, you have more chances of finding the right direction. It will be much easier to change directions once you have a boat and naviguate than to build one. -Shaan Puri Continue reading Motion, not direction
It’s called availability heuristic. The more frequent an information is seen, the more available to the memory it is. But also, the salience or vividness of that information makes it easily come to mind. -Barry SchwartzThe Paradox of choice (p.59) Continue reading Vivid Interviews weight much more than thousands of written reviews.
In one kind of way he can teach me. Everyone has something in which he/she is better than you. Be respectful and humble towards everyone. -Dale Carnegie Continue reading Every man is my superior in a way.
You never build a company. You build the teams that build the company. Building companies is not a skill, building teams is. -Michael Jordan Continue reading Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.
It’s inevitable, you will plateau at some point. This is a cycle. Once I’m there, I start asking my brain questions: What does the data actually say is happening? What is the stupidly obvious thing I haven’t tried yet? What would a friend or mentor of mine do in this scenario? If I was going to make a simple tweak to the current product, what would I change? Let’s look at the first-mile of the product with a fresh set of eyes, what 10% tweaks would make this 200% better? Who’s already successfully doing this? What the heck are they … Continue reading Greet a Plateau like an old friend
Let’s say you offer a newsletter. You should talk about the result for the customer after using the product. What we all do is promote the fire flower. But instead, we should promote what BIG FIRE super mario can do … Continue reading Promote the benefits experienced AFTER using the product instead of the product.
Forget what you like, put yourself in your customer’s mind and figure out what HE wants. -Dale Carnegie Continue reading I really like strawberry and cream but when I go fishing I bring worms for the fish.
Never wait to take an action, jump right in. Have impatience for action. But then, be very patient. Play the long game. Do not expect/hope for instant ramen results. -Shaan Puri Continue reading Impatience with actions, Patience with results.
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