Quarter Life Crisis

1. Don’t wait for a revolutionary idea. It will never happen. Just focus on a simple, exciting, empty space and execute as fast as possible
2. Share your idea. The more you share, the more you get advice and the more you learn. Meet and talk to your competitors.
3. Build a community. Use blogging and social software to make sure people hear about you.
4. Listen to your community. Answer questions and build your product with their feedback.
5. Gather a great team. Select those with very different skills from you. Look for people who are better than you.
6. Be the first to recognise a problem. Everyone makes mistakes. Address the issue in public, learn about and correct it.
7. Don’t spend time on market research. Launch test versions as early as possible. Keep improving the product in the open.
8. Don’t obsess over spreadsheet business plans. They are not going to turn out as you predict, in any case.
9. Don’t plan a big marketing effort. It’s much more important and powerful that your community loves the product.
10. Don’t focus on getting rich. Focus on your users. Money is a consequence of success, not a goal.

From TechCrunch

After hearing some awesome reviews about the Secret: Law of Attraction I went out and bought the DVD and gave it a spin. Like most of the other inspirational self help materials out there, this one basically has one or two ideas which it beats to death.  Basically, envision what you want your reality to be and it will materialize.  This idea is definitely cliche and beat to death as well, but that doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t be followed.  It is a powerful idea that I’ve started to buy into.  You’d be surprised how many people don’t think this way… Anyways, here’s a good blog entry from thinksimplenow.com that summarizes similar concepts very well.

The Secret links:

Official Secret Blog

 Other Secret Blog