I connect so much with this piece. Especially the idea of turning friction into fuel and focusing on context rather than chasing every new tool. It’s a great reminder that working solo doesn’t have to mean feeling isolated. The right systems and peers can make a big difference. What’s been your approach to building your own systems? Thanks for sharing!
That’s great too, Jenny. Also, it’s amazing how you have a more internal focus, but the passion is infectuous and valuable so more people externally resonate with it. I feel like content like that is the future of content creation.
Thanks for the question, Melanie! You can validate it just like any other idea, I think. If there's demand for it, or if you feel the problem demands bigger solutions, then you can go ahead and scale it to a system. Otherwise, testing it with a small, helpful pilot can be enough.
But the beauty of solving your own problems is that regardless of the scale, whether full blown systems or simple solutions, you already get one beneficiary -- you.
I connect so much with this piece. Especially the idea of turning friction into fuel and focusing on context rather than chasing every new tool. It’s a great reminder that working solo doesn’t have to mean feeling isolated. The right systems and peers can make a big difference. What’s been your approach to building your own systems? Thanks for sharing!
How do you decide which friction points are worth turning into full-blown systems, and which to leave behind?
Thanks, Melanie, I love how James answered it.
In my little world, I only tackle friction points under two conditions:
1. They become increasingly annoying to work around
2. I’m genuinely interested in learning the technicals behind them :)
That’s great too, Jenny. Also, it’s amazing how you have a more internal focus, but the passion is infectuous and valuable so more people externally resonate with it. I feel like content like that is the future of content creation.
Thanks for the question, Melanie! You can validate it just like any other idea, I think. If there's demand for it, or if you feel the problem demands bigger solutions, then you can go ahead and scale it to a system. Otherwise, testing it with a small, helpful pilot can be enough.
But the beauty of solving your own problems is that regardless of the scale, whether full blown systems or simple solutions, you already get one beneficiary -- you.
Love this! It touches on a lot of conclusions I also reaches myself - thanks for sharing!
Thank you, Jonas! I’m so glad we’ve reached similar conclusions, that’s real validation for me.
There's definitely something there!
Thanks, Jonas! Jenny had some standout insights in there.
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