How to not fail
... and 3 other things I'm working on and thinking about this week
You can’t fail at business if you don’t quit.
I was reminded this past week (in a BJJ context via Stephan Kesting) that perseverance is about two things: 1) getting started 2) keeping going.
If there’s something we don’t want to fail at, all we have to do is to keep working at those two things.
A quote I think of often
“Receive the children in reverence, educate them in love, and send them forth in freedom.” — Rudolf Steiner.
Sometimes you can just ask
I believe that our work should solve a problem people know they have, in the way they want it solved.
5 ways to ask the people you serve whether you have accomplished that:
See if they’ll pay for it.
See if they recommend it to someone else.
See if they come back to do it again.
Ask the Sean Ellis question.
Have a vulnerable and human conversation about what their experience was like with your product or service and really listen.
All are good. Just don’t do none of them for long.