How To Figure Out If Your Idea Is Worth Spending Time On - For The Interested
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How To Figure Out If Your Idea Is Worth Spending Time On - For The Interested
What you do with your talents matters. Take the time to make sure you’re working on the right thing.
Daniel McCormick • Weekly Dose of Optimism #89
Britt Gage added
To find a topic that is right for you:
- Follow your energy . What topics give you energy to think about, write about, and talk about? What saps you of energy? Spend more on the former and less on the latter. This one trick will tell you a lot.
- Make sure it’s based on your real-life experience. You need to know what you’re talking about. People can t
Lenny Rachitsky • 500,000
Marcel Mairhofer and added
Johanna and added
As you let the possibility of merging your career and your passion live in your mind, I’ve tried to distill the patterns that I’ve observed into a series of questions:
Will you use this opportunity to grow and evolve or will you use it to beat yourself up?
How will you avoid insecurity work?
Can you learn to enjoy the process as the end in itself, no... See more
Will you use this opportunity to grow and evolve or will you use it to beat yourself up?
How will you avoid insecurity work?
Can you learn to enjoy the process as the end in itself, no... See more
Agalia Tan added
But when it comes to decisions affecting your core career, money remains an effective judge of value. “If you’re struggling to raise money for an idea, or are thinking that you will support your idea with unrelated work, then you need to rethink the idea.”
Cal Newport • So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
Some questions
Who’s it for?
What’s it for?
What change do you seek to make?
What’s the hard part?
If you could learn one skill that would help your project, what would it be?
How can you tell if it’s working?
Would it be easier if you had help?
Would it be easier to make an impact if you were willing to give up credit or control?
Does this project matter?
... See more
Who’s it for?
What’s it for?
What change do you seek to make?
What’s the hard part?
If you could learn one skill that would help your project, what would it be?
How can you tell if it’s working?
Would it be easier if you had help?
Would it be easier to make an impact if you were willing to give up credit or control?
Does this project matter?
... See more
Some questions
Kyle Steinike added