Distinguishing constructive criticism from bad business advice
Every time you talk to someone, you should be asking at least one question which has the potential to destroy your currently imagined business.
Rob Fitzpatrick • The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
While it is important not to be held back by critics, it is also important not to hold yourself back from the growth the critics can help you achieve.
M. Andrew McConnell • Get Out of My Head: Creating Modern Clarity With Stoic Wisdom
Generic, uncontextualized advice is a menace- by definition it attracts the lost and the confused and only makes them more lost and more confused. Even the seemingly most universal, failsafe advice of the ‘work hard’, ‘try your best’, and ‘believe in yourself’ ilk, can be disastrous for certain people. It can merely act as a motivator and energy bo... See more
Thomas Bevan • On The Futility of Offering Advice
the seemingly simple behaviour change of giving a little less advice and asking a few more questions is surprisingly difficult. You’ve spent years delivering advice and getting promoted and praised for it.
amazon.com • The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
To objectively observe the performance of your new creation or product, put yourself in others’ shoes. You can piece together something resembling the truth only from many different perspectives. How would a skeptical investor look at your numbers? How would an impatient new customer attempt to navigate your product? What are competitors saying abo
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