3-2-1: On hard conversations, how to ruin a good strategy, and asking for what you want
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3-2-1: On hard conversations, how to ruin a good strategy, and asking for what you want
“How to clarify a concept you can’t articulate:
1. Change mediums. Draw it. Photograph it. Sing it.
2. Change levels. Explain what is one level up (bigger picture) or one level down (finer details).
3. Change fields. What would this concept look like in different fields?”
1. Change mediums. Draw it. Photograph it. Sing it.
2. Change levels. Explain what is one level up (bigger picture) or one level down (finer details).
3. Change fields. What would this concept look like in different fields?”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On hard conversations, how to ruin a good strategy, and asking for what you want
"How to clarify a concept you can't articulate:
1. Change mediums. Draw it. Photograph it. Sing it.
2. Change levels. Explain what is one level up (bigger picture) or one level down (finer details).
3. Change fields. What would this concept look like in different fields?"
(James Clear newsletter)
Your call to action: 🏃
In your next pre-project meeting, ask these 5 questions that go deeper than surface-level goals.
1) Specific problems to be solved
2) Silent constraints and pressures from higher management
3) Conflicting hypotheses within the team
4) Realistic timelines for decision-making
5) Preferred formats for deliverables
In your next pre-project meeting, ask these 5 questions that go deeper than surface-level goals.
1) Specific problems to be solved
2) Silent constraints and pressures from higher management
3) Conflicting hypotheses within the team
4) Realistic timelines for decision-making
5) Preferred formats for deliverables
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Sit together. Describe to the expert what you’re trying to achieve. Talk. (More talking!) Show the expert your sketches, the keywords you jotted down; clarify your ideas. Then begin the back-and-forth exchange. Even better, you can go through the whole development process with the expert.