So recently we talked about the time-consuming, immediately visible limiters on your business and why you need to get rid of them before your business can grow. The other half of the equation is the invisible limiters. These are the ones where you can’t tell ahead of time what they are. They don’t emerge until Read more
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“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not “Eureka” but “That’s funny…” —Isaac Asimov I’m fascinated by how things work. So I’m always making little guesses about how things will work out, based on my theories. In school, we were taught to call these hypotheses because theories Read more
I got some great advice from Sebastian Marshall once. He said to set your metrics and track your progress against your goal and to aim for 60-80% achievement. I thought he was nuts to begin with, but then I figured out why it was such great advice. Two great reasons for this; 1 is that it inures you to failure so that Read more
