Frameworks · Craft · 80

Ask a creator, not a boss, and not yourself

Show 2–4 options to 2–3 fellow creators. Not a boss, not yourself.

PWe reviewed the research: 13,248 people were tested on it.Taste, influence and feedback

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Framework 80 · in one look
How to use it

Before publishing something big, show two to four options to two or three fellow creators. Creators predicted audience reactions to others' work better than managers did, and judged their own worst.

How sure we are

P Evidence: promising. Good studies, but small or few. Use it and keep checking.

Sources

Berg 2016 (field study, 13,248 audience members) · Ray Dalio's "believability-weighting": weigh advice by the person's track record (done it successfully at least three times, and can explain how) (🟠).

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