“But it worked so well for ____.” That’s awesome, and I’m glad it worked so well for them, but we have a different user, need, and service. Too often the immediate step after seeing a feature that catches your eye is to try and copy and paste without modification into your own product. (Although directly…

Ask a counter question. Not to be argumentative, but to understand. Make Socrates proud.

What was the first and last thing you did today? Where are you spending most of your time? Getting absorbed doesn’t have to be the default.

In pursuit of accolades, intelligence is put on display. “I’ll win them over by presenting the holes, opportunities missed, what went wrong.” A great experience as long as you remain on one side of the conversation. Some may even applaud the elegantly deconstruction. Yet the approach that creates the most camaraderie is the one that…

Misfortune is absent from one’s first picks. Yet it serves an important purpose. A wake up call. A reality check. Motivation.