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The Mom Test: Talk about their life instead of your idea Ask about specifics in the past instead of generics or opinions about the future Talk less and listen more
This book is a direct and easy-to-read guide on how to properly conduct customer discovery conversations. I really liked this part: People rarely lie about the past, but they will fib about the future. This is why you can’t ask someone, “would you buy X if it did Y?” It’s too easy for them to say, “Sure!”
Spend your time asking about what *actually* happened in the past, where there is less chance for the customer to fib. Learn what they did, not what they “might” want.
“Our struggle to navigate the space of possible pains and pleasures produces most of human culture.”
― Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
― Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
“For many years, I have been a vocal critic of religion, and I won’t ride the same hobbyhorse here. I hope that I have been sufficiently energetic on this front that even my most skeptical readers will trust that my bullshit detector remains well calibrated as we advance over this new terrain.”
― Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
― Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
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