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"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou
Time kills deals.
"Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years." - Bill Gates
Visualizing the power of incremental improvement
The smartest marketer in the room is the one that has tested the most things.
“RTFM. The same information was available to anyone who wanted it. Turns out most people didn’t want it." - @mcuban
(More on how RTFM led to his success here: https://blogmaverick.com/2009/05/13/success-motivation/)
(More on how RTFM led to his success here: https://blogmaverick.com/2009/05/13/success-motivation/)
Why you should batch process your notifications & inboxes
“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” - Henry Ford
[Understand your customers and their problems via empirical, observational, anecdotal methods and even intuition. But feel free to ignore customers’ inputs.] https://hbr.org/2011/08/henry-ford-never-said-the-fast
[Understand your customers and their problems via empirical, observational, anecdotal methods and even intuition. But feel free to ignore customers’ inputs.] https://hbr.org/2011/08/henry-ford-never-said-the-fast
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." - Robert Louis Stevenson
"All else being equal, the fastest company in any market will win."
Ask the simplest question: “Why can't this be done sooner?” Asking it methodically, reliably and habitually can have a profound impact on the speed of your organization. https://firstround.com/review/speed-as-a-habit/
Ask the simplest question: “Why can't this be done sooner?” Asking it methodically, reliably and habitually can have a profound impact on the speed of your organization. https://firstround.com/review/speed-as-a-habit/
How to write effective, direct emails
Productive change begins when you confront the brutal facts.
https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/confront-the-brutal-facts.html
https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/confront-the-brutal-facts.html
People don't read. They scan.
So prioritize your main points accordingly:
- Main points at the top.
- Shorten paragraphs.
- Use lists if possible.
https://uxplanet.org/f-shaped-pattern-for-reading-content-80af79cd3394
So prioritize your main points accordingly:
- Main points at the top.
- Shorten paragraphs.
- Use lists if possible.
https://uxplanet.org/f-shaped-pattern-for-reading-content-80af79cd3394
“In a world of infinite distractions, the value of being able to capture attention will only increase.” - @alexisohanian https://medium.com/initialized-capital/infinite-distractions-finite-attention-42f5bbf1d422
Communicate, communicate, communicate.
