gordonbrander · May 12, 2019 00:29 · May 12, 2019
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+# Prompts for beginning new projects
+
+start:
+- "#5ps#"
+- "#heart#"
+- "#disirability_feasibility_viability#"
+- "#practical_step#"
+- "#build#"
+- "#story#"
+- "#ooda#"
+- "#morale#"
+- "#audience#"
+- "#you#"
+- "#aha#"
+- "#strategy#"
+- "#selling#"
+
+5ps:
+- "5 Ps: #purpose#"
+- "5 Ps: #principles#"
+- "5 Ps: #priorities#"
+- "5 Ps: #plan#"
+
+purpose:
+- What is the job to be done?
+- Why should this exist?
+- Where do we want to be in the future?
+- What will we deliver?
+- Write down why you started this.
+- What do you want out of this?
+
+principles:
+- What are the non-negotiables?
+- What are the key strategies?
+- How will we act?
+
+priorities:
+- How do we decide what to compromise?
+- What is the framework for tradeoffs?
+
+plan:
+- Do a workback
+- What are the known dates?
+- What are the forcing functions?
+- What are the bottlenecks?
+
+people:
+- Who is accountable for it?
+- If you it to happen, make it a job title.
+- Who is the absolute best in the world for this? What motivates them?
+- Work the rolodex.
+- Can I find a way to do it without the best people?
+
+
+heart:
+- What is the truth that I need to tell?
+- Find the fun
+- What am I drawn to?
+- Would this still exist if I disappeared tomorrow?
+- Remember your passion.
+- What is the right thing to do?
+- What truth needs to be heard?
+- What do I believe with a deep and abiding passion?
+- What do I want to see in this world?
+
+
+disirability_feasibility_viability:
+- "#disirability#"
+- "#feasibility#"
+- "#viability#"
+
+disirability:
+- What could I make that would cause burning desire?
+
+feasibility:
+- Blue sky
+- Brass tacks
+- What is the bottleneck?
+
+viability:
+- Who wants to buy this?
+- Money is a constraint that defines how long you may operate.
+
+practical_step:
+- Make a list.
+- Make a mind map.
+
+morale:
+- What would build energy?
+- What would make you excited?
+- What would make progress quickly?
+
+build:
+- Start with a toy.
+- Copy something with immaculate consistency.
+- Build to think.
+- Create some choices.
+- Modularize later.
+- Chewing gum and string.
+- Make progress as fast as possible.
+
+audience:
+- "What makes them #emotion.lowercase#?"
+- "What do they want out of this?"
+- "What's in it for them?"
+
+you:
+- "What makes you #emotion.lowercase#?"
+- "What do you want out of this?"
+- "What's in it for you?"
+
+emotion:
+- Excited
+- Afraid
+- FOMO
+- Inspired
+- Excited
+- Ah-ha
+
+story:
+- What is, what could be, call to action.
+
+ooda:
+- What phase of the OODA loop am I in now? Refocus tactics on that phase.
+- "OODA: #observe#"
+- "OODA: #orient#"
+- "OODA: #decide#"
+- "OODA: #act#"
+
+observe:
+- What are my go-to-tools for observation? What tools do others use?
+- What are the processess in play?
+- What is happening around me? Why?
+- Try shadowing someone.
+- Follow a process through to its end.
+- Walk the factory floor.
+
+orient:
+- How do I orient when faced with a new problem space?
+
+decide:
+- Is it better to make decisions quickly or carefully?
+
+act:
+- How can you measure the outcome?
+- What are the key metrics?
+
+aha:
+- Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see. (Schopenhauer)
+
+selling:
+- Ask for buy-in.
+- Ask people to work against their better judgement.
+- Ask people to go with their gut.
+- Ask a favor.
+
+strategy:
+- Where can you go that no one else will?
+- An element of surprise.