Scott's Short Stories

I’m in this constant quest improve the way I make decisions. But every day life it’s really difficult to find other people that are interested and probing and digging deep on decision-making.

I read this book by Richard Rumelt called Good Strategy Bad Strategy and it completely changed my ability to develop a strategy for our business. https://www.slideshare.net/Michaelcmcdermott/a-rumelt-perpsective-on-good-strategy

Every time I walk into a grocery store kind of fascinated by all the signage and product placement that’s going on and the massive number of new products.

A brief update.

Changing my wife's password caused me to overwrite my memory

I'm approximately 68 hours into a water fast and just kind of sharing what the first three days have been like.

Stored knowledge is basically how you add things to a simple system over time, and the system is no longer simple.

I'm done fast before but I've never not eaten for over a day.

The tip I share is about setting goals as a range such as lose 1-3 lbs. each week.

I have found that getting up and doing a small task helps get me going. Especially when I'm stuck, bored, frustrated, or can't stay focused.

I'm learning to be flexible with how I should frame my productivity system.

I've been fasting for the last 7 days, and it's really interesting how it changes your relationship to food.

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A brief update.

I've recently been learning a lot about probabilistic decision making. Now I have to figure out how to apply that in our business towards making decisions. How do I know what is the most important thing to work on next?

Sometimes you waste money trying to get shit done.

I'm finishing each step across three different purchase flows before preceding to the next step.

Both approaches have value in certain contexts, not just in product development. Customer personas has more value in marketing and Jobs To Be Done has more value in product development, but both approaches are useful in both functions and beyond. Here's the talk that inspired my recent thoughts. https://blog.intercom.io/jobs-to-be-done-doubter-believer/

How we systemize our life with Amazon Echo ordering.

I've added a pre qualifying survey to our site to help our customers know which product is right for them. After we give them an answer we put a lead magnet in their path.