I was recently asked in an interview how did I learn to be bold.
This quote describes my philosophy the best: 👇
“Fear is temporary, but regret lasts forever.”
Take a plunge.
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Workaholism
Workaholism is contagious.
Most often, the virus spreads from the top leadership.
Leaders need to follow the equivalent of 6 ft social distancing at work too.
With the remote work and different timeones, the boundaries of work and life are getting blurrier than before.
With the hustle culture and grow at any cost pressure, the work-life imbalance is a constant topic on everyone’s mind.
It’s easier said than done.
I constantly make these mistakes and set the wrong example for the team.
Writing this helps me remind what’s important and be accountable and practice what I preach.
As Avoma is growing, I’m constantly thinking about these things and realizing the mistakes I’m making and the changes I need to make in how I operate and what culture we set.
In the end, it doesn’t matter what you say, but matters what you do.
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Comparison vs Retrospection
So much of our energy and mental bandwidth is wasted in comparing ourselves with others. 🤷♂️
Wouldn’t it be more effective if we invest that energy in comparing against ourselves, a.k.a. “retrospection”? 🤔
Compare less. Retrospect more. 🧘♂️
Practice trumps theory.
Execution trumps planning.
Action trumps thinking.
Doing trumps learning.
Writing trumps reading.
Playing trumps watching.
Creating trumps consuming.
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Working From Home Is Here To Stay
Why working from home or remotely is here to stay – backed up by Stanford research.
51% people said, WFH was a better experience, 26% said it was about the same, and 13% said it was worse.
Has your company made a switch to embrace WFH yet?
Or are they still considering to open offices once the COVID is under control?
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Advice
The purpose of reading and hearing someone’s advice is not the advice itself. 🗣
Most of the time, you already know that advice. 🤷♂️
It’s the reminding aspect of it is the most important. 🎗
Most people usually only remember less than 25% of the things they read or hear. 🧠
So it’s not enough we read or hear any advice once or even a few times for that matter.
We need to hear it again and again until it becomes our belief and habit. 😇
That’s why – don’t discard any advice thinking that it’s an old one, and you already knew it.
Instead, be open to read or hear it again as a gentle reminder. 👀👂
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Become a Creator
The one resolution everyone should have for 2021:
“Become a creator”.
Create anything from scratch:
- start companies
- build prototypes
- shoot videos
- write blogs
- author books
- create art
- play music
- play sports
- build communities
- start movements
It could be anything.
Don’t be just a consumer.
Be a creator.
Wish you a very Happy, Healthy, Prosperous, and Creative 2021!! 🎉 🎆
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Work Hard, Not Just Smart
They say, work “smart” not “hard”.
The reality is – smart work is the fruit of a lot of hard work.
Hard work is how you become knowledgeable about lots of areas and an expert in a few areas to make better decisions for smart work.
The conventional practice is to convince prospects that your product is superior to your competitor’s.
But it’s not required. There is an alternative option.
It might be sufficient to convince prospects what’s good about your product with a clear, honest, and informative way.
I even have a slide in our Sales deck that tells prospects about the gaps in our product that they will miss in the near term when they switch over from our competitors to us.
If the prospect feels certain that your product is good, and appreciates your honesty, it’s very likely that they will still buy your product.
There is only one right reason to do a startup:
You fall in love with your customer’s problem.
Everything else is a distraction.
Aditya Kothadiya 