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Aug 2023
21m 28s

How to Stop Being Your Startup's Bottlen...

Brian Scordato | Tacklebox
About this episode

Today, we'll help you get out of your own way. We subscribe to the Charlie Munger school of "instead of trying to be smarter, try to be less dumb," and this episode digs into three ways to simplify your startup so that you can move faster. We talk through how to actually implement jobs to be done, how to build systems to amplify your willpower 100x, and how to be more courageous. 

Also, I'll watch Interstellar. Everyone calm down. 

00:34 Removing Yourself as the Bottleneck
2:33 Leverage Jobs to be Done to Focus (Fishing Story)
6:23 Elderly Relocation Idea
11:08 Smooth Jazz
11:37 Run Towards the Rain
13:45 Thrashing to find a Secret - The Plant Story
15:25 A System for the Uncomfortable Stuff (fiverr + IG DM’s)
17:13 The Process for Improving Willpower
18:31 What Would You Do if You Knew It Would Work?

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