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Hey Reader,
Today I've got some practical guidance for you that positively affects any project you're working on.
It comes from the lovely David Sherry who I met last week in a ridiculously awesome, 10-year full-circle moment.
These 5 Questions Make Any Project a Success
David is the founder of Death to Stock, a company I've long admired for its simple business model, superb clientele and mission of supporting artists. At the very beginning of my career, I used their photos to design websites and create beautiful client assets. They were the only non-stock stock company I could find.
Now a serial founder, David is a master of delegation. He's helping streamline my business operations (because disorganization = missed revenue), and we're starting with extremely straightforward questions that I now see work incredibly well for every project.
Please steal them, use them and share them with others.
5 Prompts for Every Project:
- Purpose: What’s the purpose of this project?
- Impact: What would the benefits, financial or emotional, be of success?
- Success looks like…: What is the desired outcome? What does a vision for success include? (I always ask clients this but rarely ask myself)
- Obstacles: What questions do I have? Blockers? Things that might keep this from becoming a success?
- Assets: What assets exist in support of this project? What assets need to be created?
Brain dump these answers.
As long as you answer honestly, it's nearly impossible to mess up your project. You might have to pivot (PIVOT!), but you'll have the aim, awareness, and truth you need to make something awesome.
BEHIND THE BUSINESS
Community-Chosen Black Friday Deal
Last week, I asked readers what fun and useful Black Friday product they wanted to see, and I'm surprised with the results!
Since I'm an absolute glutton for work, I'm bent on delivering the top TWO:
The GECKO Model Minibook: a guide on how Gratitude, Empathy, Care, Kindness and Optimism built my business (and is guaranteed to upgrade yours).
Flight Thief: a video walkthrough + checklist on how to get the absolute best prices on plane tickets (the average savings internationally is $1000).
Look how cool the preview looks...
Aiming for both of these to be available next week.
COFFEE THOUGHT
The skill of asking good questions is immensely underrated.
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DAILY QUOTE
"The opportunity is in changing the game, changing the interaction, or even changing the question." –– Seth Godin (my man)
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