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Merlin Mann rocked my world today with this video. The point I want to highlight is that the Internet (by and large) is never going to tell you when to stop looking for answers and get back to work.
Makebelieve Help, Old Butchers, and Figuring Out Who You Are (For Now) from Merlin Mann on Vimeo.
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Filed under: Philosophy · Productivity · Distraction · Concentration · Inspiration · Video
Perfection is overrated. Whoever said “Practice makes perfect” missed the point. To assume you’re perfect is to assume you can’t get any better. Which is why being perfect is a dangerous thing to be.
Consider the following. If you’re batting 100% you can’t get any better. But in order to maintain that perfect batting average you […]
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Filed under: Life · Philosophy · Inspiration
While Dan Benjamin interviewed Jason Fried on The Pipeline, they touched upon the subject of customers. Jason said something that seemed obvious to me now, but wasn’t always so clear.
It’s very important to understand who your customer is, and the answer is not that it’s everybody. I think if you think your customer is everybody, […]
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Filed under: Design · User Experience · Philosophy · Martketing · Business · User Research