62: Avoiding Negativity

Published: Nov. 8, 2018, 11 a.m.

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Derrick had a productive week with Level. His deadline of late October to have alpha users try it was looming. So, he has been a bit stressed out. But thanks to relaxation techniques that work for him, Derrick was able to talk himself off the edge!

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Ben understands the needs for coping techniques. When little things in his personal life aren\\u2019t under control, it\\u2019s much harder for him to be productive at work. Every thing\\u2019s interconnected.

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Today\\u2019s Topics Include:

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  • Battle between work and personal life
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  • What makes you happy? Avoid negativity and realize things are going to be ok
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  • Ben\\u2019s Failure State: When he doesn\\u2019t know what to do for a goal
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  • Make list of known ingredients needed and check off tasks to push you through
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  • Ben\\u2019s team did a retrospective for Tuple; marketing is going well and additions have been made to the Tuple Pair Programming Guide
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  • Limiting handle reservations and duplicate updates/emails to opt in or opening up handle reservations that cost something
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  • Who\\u2019s serious about your product? Is filtering the funnel good?
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  • Creating sales or a sales team for Level; how Drip did it
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  • Suffering from and dealing with Imposter Syndrome
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Links and resources:

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Efficiency Starts with a Haircut

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Elm

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Steve Schoger

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Adam Wathan

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Drip

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Rob Walling

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Patrick McKenzie

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Stripe

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MicroConf

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Sherry Walling of ZenFounder

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Derrick Reimer Website

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Derrick Reimer on Twitter

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Ben Orenstein Website

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Ben Orenstein on Twitter

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Level

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Tuple

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Tuple\\u2019s Pair Programming Guide

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