I'm listening to Scott Adams' "How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big" and I really liked his way of deciding whether a project is worth continuing with or not.
He says very rarely does a project start out as a complete failure and end up being a huge success.
Usually, an idea with great potential will instead start out as a small success that then becomes a bigger success.
His point is that if your product is any good, you should--even when you're starting out--be able to find a small group of people that are excited enough by it that they actually take action; in most cases that action being voting with their wallets.
Saying "that's a great idea" isn't action and does not count.
This really resonated with me because sometimes I go back and forth on whether or not I should continue with my current project or try something else. But the fact that I've had that small success even from the very beginning, serves as confirmation that it can become a much bigger success.
Even if most people hate your product, have you found a small group that loves it enough to continually take action?
Or have you been at this thing for a while and have yet to find even that small group of excited customers?
Did your idea start out as a small success or has it been a failure from the start?
Scott Adams: How to Know When to Quit | TIME.com
He says very rarely does a project start out as a complete failure and end up being a huge success.
Usually, an idea with great potential will instead start out as a small success that then becomes a bigger success.
His point is that if your product is any good, you should--even when you're starting out--be able to find a small group of people that are excited enough by it that they actually take action; in most cases that action being voting with their wallets.
Saying "that's a great idea" isn't action and does not count.
This really resonated with me because sometimes I go back and forth on whether or not I should continue with my current project or try something else. But the fact that I've had that small success even from the very beginning, serves as confirmation that it can become a much bigger success.
Even if most people hate your product, have you found a small group that loves it enough to continually take action?
Or have you been at this thing for a while and have yet to find even that small group of excited customers?
Did your idea start out as a small success or has it been a failure from the start?
Scott Adams: How to Know When to Quit | TIME.com
Dislike ads? Become a Fastlane member:
Subscribe today and surround yourself with winners and millionaire mentors, not those broke friends who only want to drink beer and play video games. :-)
Last edited:
Access Restricted: Unlock 1,000,000+ Posts
Stop Peeking Through the Keyhole.
Open the Door.
You hit a wall because the best advice isn't free—it's earned. Since 2007, MJ DeMarco has been active here daily (99.9% active rate), building a war room for entrepreneurs who refuse to settle for mediocrity.
- Active Daily: Life-changing content posted dozens of times every day. No dead threads.
- MJ's Inner Circle: Direct access to the author of The Millionaire Fastlane.
- Vetted Network: Connect with founders scaling to 7 and 8 figures.
- Proven Roadmaps: Strategy over motivation. Execution over "hustle porn."
"SCALED TO 6-FIGURE MONTHS"
"Tips and advice here saved me from huge mistakes, others allowed me to scale my business to 6-figure months."— User MitchC
"INSANE QUALITY OF PEOPLE"
"The number of high quality people I've met from this forum has been insane. All of it predicated on building real value."— User Richard Peck
"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with."
Are you surrounding yourself with success?
