rework: do business not a startup

rework: do business, not a startup

change the way you work.

• Don’t let the past drive the future 

 plans let the past drive the future, they are inconsistent with improvisation. You have to learn to go in new directions because that is what suitable today. Often plans are made so long ago, and it doesn't make sense for them to plant the future, because of the future changes. Don’t call them plans, call them strategic guesses, and decide what you do on a weekly basis. Don't plan too far in advance as estimating is silly and nearly always inaccurate.

• Learn from Success, Focus on Success

  Failure is harped upon by the king-shit entrepreneur and is quick to tell you that your chances of success are slim to none and that you need to fail. Fuck that, failure is bad and not something to learn from. It is easier to fail, cause there are much more ways to fail than succeed. So the value of learning another way to fail is worthless. Learn from successes no matter the size. Improve upon them, it is only natural.
• Planning is Guessing, Give up on Guesswork and Wing It
• There are just too many factors to have long term plans, things change and they change fast. Plans are just guesses and if you stick to them you are putting blinders on yourself. Plans don't allow you to improvise.
• You have the most information when you are doing something, not before you have started. That's the worst time to make a big decision. 
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•   If you aren’t motivated by what you are working on it won’t be very good.
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• My Take: Do something that you love.  When you love what you do you won’t work a day in your life.  If you are only chasing the dollar, you won’t do very well in business.
  
• The core of your business should be built around things that won’t change.  Things that people are going to want today and ten years from now.
  My Take: Make sure your core products and services are not a FAD.  You want products and services that will always be in demand.  You can always add additional products and services, but make sure your core products will always be in demand.