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2021, week 32

Hi there!

I am a bit late this week, the vacation trip was longer than expected yesterday... But here we are, sending issue #32 to publish the 100th highlight, YAY!

I also want to say welcome to the new subscribers from last week. Thank you for giving me the chance to send you one email every week. Hope you'll like it and get some value! If you want more, you can find all the already published highlights here. Enjoy!

If you make products, you better have a sense of where you’re heading without having to ask for directions.

1. Validation mirage

Waiting for people’s validation to do something is the best way to procrastinate or give up the minute it becomes too difficult. When you do something for the first time, even if you get opinions on it, success is never guaranteed. If you want to get the most of each thing you try, you have to take full responsibility for it. By approaching things in such manner, you’ll be able to better handle failure and in lead position to build confidence on top of your successes. See online

Learn more about subjects that intimidate you. We fear what we don’t understand.

2. Fear abstraction

If you fear something, it’s certainly because you don’t know enough about that thing and as a result you don’t do much about it. However, getting extra knowledge about something doesn’t guarantee you taking action either, but why? One reason is that you don’t know where to start. You didn’t find yet the first minimal practical steps to get started. The first small steps you can easily achieve to get in motion. Every process is capable of being divided into a batch of steps and tasks that make it actionable. the concept of ‘’Divide and conquer’’ has four main advantages for your workflow: (1) Attractiveness: you have a series of easy tasks to complete rather than a big scary mission. (2) Focus: one clear task at a time, no question to ask. (3) Flexibility: if you’re stuck, you can apply the same method to divide the problem in subtasks. (4) Control: you know exactly where you are, what you already did and what you still need to do. Efforts are well distributed. In the end, you don’t have to plan your tasks but you just need to have an ordered to-do list. Breaking things down gives you a structure that feels paradoxically freeing. You do yourself a favor, setting you up for success! See online

Enjoy this issue and see you next week. Take care!