As part of the Commit or Kill campaign for Book Rapper, here’s Book Rapper Lesson #5.
What I’m about to share with you is not textbook stuff. You’re unlikely to hear it said ‘this is the way to do it’. And, it worked for me.
The first ever issue of Book Rapper went out as ‘The Idea Service’. For the second issue, I changed the name to ‘The Corporate Book Club’. And, for the third issue, the name changed to Book Rapper! Mostly, it’s been that ever since. I did flirt with calling it Trend RAP for one issue and my audience howled me down and I ditched that idea really quickly.
My point here is not to keep changing your business name. That’s not good.
My point is that you do have to keep changing stuff. In more technical terms, you need to be creating, inventing, innovating, experimenting, designing, improving and applying kaizen. It’s the only way forward.
No one has and no one ever will create a masterpiece in a single attempt. Life just doesn’t work like that. And, before you point to Mozart writing his symphonies straight out of his head… it’s a myth! Didn’t happen! Read Book Rapper Anti-Self-Help for more on Mozart.
At times you’ll make mistakes. Changing from Book Rapper to Trend RAP was a mistake. When this happens, the best advice is to admit your error and change it back again – fast!
As much as I still hate making mistakes – I’m such a perfectionist – I’m now happier to do so. And, if need be do it in public. Sometimes this is the only way to move forward.
Keep changing stuff. Keep looking for ways to rethink, redesign and re-do. And, keep in touch with your customers. They provide collective knowledge and feedback that is an essential tool to keep you growing, learning and providing better value.
During the last few years of Dad’s dementia, when Mum and I would visit him…
Most people think experience is about knowing more. But what if its greatest gift is something…
My Dad died a couple of years ago after living with dementia. He went from someone…
We often expect our experience to predict what will happen. But, what if it doesn’t?…
We often think experience accumulates into value automatically. But Rambo shows it doesn't work that…
When two people are standing side-by-side watching the same event, is our experience the same?…