36. Navigate

Decisions

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No. 36 - Decisions

Navigate

Spoken AI audio from book "Half General, Half Soldier"

The General knows that a true leader listens.

Your decisions mold the future of your pursuits, and the voices of your users are the beacons guiding your journey.

It is your sacred duty to hold the vision, to protect it from the storms of compromise.

Yet, it is the voices of your users that should navigate you. You must guide each decision within your project with a deep understanding of the symbiotic relationship between your goals and the user’s desires.

Action Steps

Here is this lesson distilled into actionable steps you can implement today:

Keep those communication lines open.
Dive deep into the feedback. Spot the champions who truly align with your vision.
Strategize. Don’t just go through the motions.
Once you've got the plan, spring into action.
Stay true to the dream, but let it be shaped and molded by genuine user insights.

Feedback

Actively seek and collect feedback from your users, deciphering their needs, desires & pain points

Users

Analyze the feedback & identify the core users whose insights align with the vision & whose experiences epitomize the journey you envision for every user

Prioritize

Assess the gathered insights, prioritizing them not as a mere checklist but as evolutionary steps to innovate & refine your offerings

Improve

Implement the prioritized feedback through iterative improvements to enhance the user experience

Vision

Keep the overarching vision intact, allowing it to be the constant, the northern star shaped by user insights

Continue Your Journey

Tenet 37