Thread by @mostlynotworkin

Are you lost about what unique value to bring to the world?

• Don’t give up
• Don’t give in
• Give generously

Thoughts from @Nicolascole77’s piece so you can create treasures for others

It’s hard to give without expectation

We do these things, play these games

Expecting rewards in the short-term

When you have the long-view,

you are free to widely share

“I WANT to feel like I’ve already given 99% away for free, so that I have to work extra-extra hard to make that last 1% so incredibly meaningful and memorable that by the time someone gets there, it’s not even a question”
dailywritinghabits.substack.com/p/give-away-99…

I see this connected to @Julian’s faucet

https://twitter.com/mostlynotworkin/status/1393858447507030021

Empty out what’s already in you

Cognitive offloading (frees up brain) while others can benefit

Get to the last mile (the 1%) and challenge yourself to create something even better

Create something you never could have imagined

Something that wouldn’t exist if you didn’t exhaust the initial sludge

When I first learned idea generation, I was told that in the allotted time, e.g. an hour, you wouldn’t get to the good ideas

Only at the end, maybe going overtime, is when the magic happened

99/1 is a different than Pareto’s 80/20

Pareto Principle: 80% outcome caused by 20% of effort

Gift Guideline: Giving 99% for free causes you to create the 1% to sell

(@visualizevalue this later)

How do you get to 99% faster?

Practice
Practice
Practice

Publish
Publish
Publish

Reminds me of prototyping: testing out a smaller-scale, incomplete version of the envisioned concept

Beforehand, no way to know the detailed design of what you will manufacture, so you prototype

Isolate small components to see what works
Integrate them and iterate as you learn

99% free stuff: experiments to see what resonates

1% final: stuff people want, but unique enough that they are willing to pay

E.g. iPhone

• Function: screen, electronics, software
• Form: shape, feel, carrying the weight around
• Interaction: how do users navigate the new UI?

Separate prototypes, tested, tweaked, etc

Converging over time, from three corners of a triangle into the center

‘97 from Apple researchers
My go-to reference on prototyping

• Function: implementation
• Form: look and feel
• Interaction: role

hci.stanford.edu/courses/cs247/…

Meta: I could have tabled this for deeper contemplation in an atomic essay

But decided to just throw it up

That’s my gift to you

In the spirit of this

https://twitter.com/dickiebush/status/1398703336904331264

TLDR

• Give to benefit others
• Give yourself mental space to create something even better
• Create your own category

Thanks @Nicolascole77