You made something. Why ship? For yourself? That’s merely selfish. For your dream audience? It’s not perfect yet. For your friends and family? Who are you fooling? You see, there’s always reasons to not ship. And there’s more reasons. Many more. But if the answer doesn’t make you better, it …
Telling you: We always do it like this. Your neighbors are cheaper. I have read something different. My friends have told me something else. Benchmarks are a powerful good when you try to move you forward. They can blindsight you as well. When you deny benchmarks, you need to make …
When I named my podcast ‘The Shift’, a couple of months ago, I hesitated for 2 reasons. There already was another podcast called ‘The Shift’ My topic was not unique at ALL A fellow student commented something to me, that stuck with me until today. She said it ís different, …
Life would be easier, wouldn’t it? Wrong. Without deadlines you would have no motivation to accomplish anything. Life would become a never ending sprint, or a marathon or just a stroll. Or just standing still. It doesn’t matter anymore. And that’s where the deadline comes in. Deadlines, even how much …
Any step is progress. Even a step backwards. To create steady progress you just need to put in the work. I recently finished my first book. It wasn’t easy though. The biggest learning was, once again, keep making progress.
When I was doing research for my book today, I discovered that many people ‘freely’ cite Mihaily Csikszentmihalyi. It was about the brain, being able to consciously process 120 bits per second. Some articles quoted Csikszentmihaily at 100 bits per second, some 110, some 120. After a minute of 15 …
Your unscalable self shall be the first barrier for growth. It’s not the question when, but how you are going to get the team pointing in the right direction. It’s why that makes the difference there.
Possibility and anxiety are the greatest breaks on your vehicle. If no one confronts you with either one. What projects are you going to push forward? Or cancel? What are you going to do today? Our deepest motivations can make us dare greatly and do wonderful things. Don’t wait for …
Go Big, Go Niche or Go Home. The choice is up to you, to be either very special at the edge and find your niche. You have to live with many slightly disappointed and lack of understanding. And at the same time a small group of insanely grateful customers. You …
Doubt is never useful. When you decide, and do something you want, it’s a win. When you decide, and do something you don’t want, you learn. What you don’t want is the inverse of what you want. So either way, you learn about what you want. Whatever you do: decide, …