Lenny Rachitsky: commitment

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…Let's talk about product market fit. You have to deliberately not act on the feedback of many of your early users. And this is at the same time as listening to people intensely and building what people want. That's what we're here to do is to make something that people want. But it can't be all people. And the question becomes, how do you listen to them? And then even of what they say, what do you pay attention to and what don't you? The trick here is you're not doing what a lot of CEOs think they need to be doing with their time. A lot of CEOs think they need to spend time on hiring or org building. And you intentionally, I will spend time on product and marketing design. So this is a technique that I call the switch log. And it's born out of the observation that your calendar says what you thought you were going to do. But it's really only your trail of work that describes what you actually did. How can we capture that? I came up with the following idea. What if I just did whatever the heck I wanted? What's the most pivotal moment in your career, in your life? I learned the real secret behind virality. There is no such thing as a truly viral product. What then is the true secret? It is...…

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