Data vs Intuition
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Data vs Intuition
"If you feel resistance before you begin, it's usually procrastination and you need to get started.
If you feel resistance after you begin, it's usually feedback and you need to make adjustments."
If you feel resistance after you begin, it's usually feedback and you need to make adjustments."
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Data vs Intuition
Andreas Vlach • 2 cards
If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine.”
— Jim Barksdale
On intuition and asking for feedback:
“Henry Ford didn’t need focus groups to tell him that people would prefer inexpensive, dependable automobiles over horses. Alexander Graham Bell never stopped to worry about whether people would prefer speaking to each other on the phone. If viewers liked watching news on television, why wouldn’t they want the
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Epic post on how Nike lost $25B in a day by trying to make everything data-driven:
"Nike invested billions into something that was less effective but easier to measure vs something that was more effective but less easy to measure.
In conclusion: an impressive waste of money."... See more
So before you build your second brain, build a relationship with your gut. Trust your felt-senses to guide you in discerning what is worth capturing. Get inexplicably emotional when you sit down to create. Feel your gut-feelings. Only then will you be able to create something truly valuable.