It's almost never wrong to tinker, because ideas have the ability to be born ugly and grow up beautiful. Only by experimenting you'll discover way to go up the "beauty chain"...
If you stick to it, you'll eventually find the right pivot 🔥🔥🔥
That’s a good point. Serendipity and exploration play a huge role in successful endeavours.
Still, it’s good to learn from your past explorations and make the next ones better!
A lot of people going independent experiment a lot at the beginning. I’ll need to chat with a few of them to see if they keep that momentum going even when they see success with one of their projects!
My general approach towards achieving goals is to 1 make an observation 2 Create a preliminary plan 3 implement the plan 4 evaluate the plan after getting real-world feedback 5 improve the plan 6 Repeat steps 3-5 until the goal is achieved. Funnily enough I hadn't done this for businesses I dabbled in in the past, even if this strategy has helped me greatly in achieving other difficult goals I've set in the past.
Most recent one was building a gym-going habit by experimenting with different gyms and schedules, I'm now going 4-5 times a week to the gym and in great shape. Biggest recent-ish one was immigrating to Canada and becoming a PR, I basically tried a lot of different streams and ended up achieving it through the Skilled Workers Program.
I also find it can take quite a while to find the habit that clicks with your schedule. Lots of trial and error. I honestly think that's why a lot of people give up on some habits. It's quite hard to find something that works!
And congrats on immigrating to Canada! Where are you located? I've been in Vancouver for a few years now.
Really smart to ask Daniel Vassallo (creator of the Small Bets community of 5,000 people) "What did you learn from the thousands of people trying to launch products in the community?”
I've been wondering if that "burn the bridges" mentality is a good idea. It seems his observation is "yes", in a sense.
I've heard something similar about people who quit smoking or drinking. I don't know if this is true. But maybe the ones who keep count of how many days since they quit are more likely to relapse. The ones who know that they've quit for good realize that it would be silly to count to infinity.
There might be a storytelling element to it. So we might hear more about them.
It sounds more attractive to say “I quit cold turkey and replaced my income in 6 months” rather than “I worked a full-time job and replaced my income on the side in 4 years.”
There are stories of people that did both. And it seems to be working for them. But I’d still argue that the mindset of “making it work no matter what” is still important in both situations. Check out the last link called “The Baby Effect,” it touches on that.
I’d aim at getting smaller keywords for solitaire (if that’s what you’re referring to)! I haven’t done much SEO but I really like the idea of investing in content and reaping the rewards later.
Agreed with this one Kenny, well said. I think people also seem to think that you need to just come up with a fixed business plan and then make it work. But how will you know without ‘tinkering’ first? And everyone is different, people try to make it seem so simple because it was simple for them.
That’s a great point! I do think it’s a necessary phase in order to learn those important lessons. Not sure you can skip those but you can probably speed through them if you’re aware they exist :)
It's almost never wrong to tinker, because ideas have the ability to be born ugly and grow up beautiful. Only by experimenting you'll discover way to go up the "beauty chain"...
If you stick to it, you'll eventually find the right pivot 🔥🔥🔥
That’s a good point. Serendipity and exploration play a huge role in successful endeavours.
Still, it’s good to learn from your past explorations and make the next ones better!
A lot of people going independent experiment a lot at the beginning. I’ll need to chat with a few of them to see if they keep that momentum going even when they see success with one of their projects!
My general approach towards achieving goals is to 1 make an observation 2 Create a preliminary plan 3 implement the plan 4 evaluate the plan after getting real-world feedback 5 improve the plan 6 Repeat steps 3-5 until the goal is achieved. Funnily enough I hadn't done this for businesses I dabbled in in the past, even if this strategy has helped me greatly in achieving other difficult goals I've set in the past.
This is a great strategy. You definitely want to confront your plan with reality and adjust. Otherwise, it’s merely wishful thinking.
What’s the last goal you achieved with this framework?
Most recent one was building a gym-going habit by experimenting with different gyms and schedules, I'm now going 4-5 times a week to the gym and in great shape. Biggest recent-ish one was immigrating to Canada and becoming a PR, I basically tried a lot of different streams and ended up achieving it through the Skilled Workers Program.
I also find it can take quite a while to find the habit that clicks with your schedule. Lots of trial and error. I honestly think that's why a lot of people give up on some habits. It's quite hard to find something that works!
And congrats on immigrating to Canada! Where are you located? I've been in Vancouver for a few years now.
Cool man, I'm in Vancouver too (Port Moody) loving it so far!
Really smart to ask Daniel Vassallo (creator of the Small Bets community of 5,000 people) "What did you learn from the thousands of people trying to launch products in the community?”
I've been wondering if that "burn the bridges" mentality is a good idea. It seems his observation is "yes", in a sense.
I've heard something similar about people who quit smoking or drinking. I don't know if this is true. But maybe the ones who keep count of how many days since they quit are more likely to relapse. The ones who know that they've quit for good realize that it would be silly to count to infinity.
There might be a storytelling element to it. So we might hear more about them.
It sounds more attractive to say “I quit cold turkey and replaced my income in 6 months” rather than “I worked a full-time job and replaced my income on the side in 4 years.”
There are stories of people that did both. And it seems to be working for them. But I’d still argue that the mindset of “making it work no matter what” is still important in both situations. Check out the last link called “The Baby Effect,” it touches on that.
Ahh, I didn't click the link the first time but would have if I knew it was from John and Kate!
We used to live down the street from them.
Haha, no way! So cool!!
I think it's hard to get traffic from keywords with difficulty higher than 30. But it's worth get into SEO stuff, learn and improve your traffic
I’d aim at getting smaller keywords for solitaire (if that’s what you’re referring to)! I haven’t done much SEO but I really like the idea of investing in content and reaping the rewards later.
Agreed with this one Kenny, well said. I think people also seem to think that you need to just come up with a fixed business plan and then make it work. But how will you know without ‘tinkering’ first? And everyone is different, people try to make it seem so simple because it was simple for them.
That’s a great point! I do think it’s a necessary phase in order to learn those important lessons. Not sure you can skip those but you can probably speed through them if you’re aware they exist :)