lessons from Decoding Greatness by Ron Friedman and how I’ve been using it

“The path to greatness is not easy but can be made easier with reverse engineering”

Three paths to greatness:

1. Talent

2. Deliberate practice

3. Reverse Engineering

Three ways to Reverse Engineer

#1 - COLLECT

#2 - DECODE

• How was it designed?

• How can you recreate it?

Highlighted Techniques:

1. Copy-working: start copying pages from something that you think is “great”, which is going to help you understand: stylistic tendencies and organizational decisions

2. Reverse outlining: Take a finished product to reverse engineer and find the underlying outline for it (Example of the TED talk: Do skills kill creativity?)

3. Contrasting: Compare what makes something that is good different from “great”

How it will help?

The threshold for greatness is always moving and evolving

#3 - Evolve to add freshness

1. How I’ve already been doing it in my personal life?

• Pinterest

• Youtube playlists

• Blogging: my website and medium

Tools I use for my collection:

mymind is the extension for your mind.

In a time when every company has a bid on our data, when we exchange our privacy for information, when every move we make is influenced by how others will perceive it, we have little space to call our own. Our minds have been taken captive: By social approval systems, by newsfeeds and timelines, by advertisements and corporate agendas.

https://mymind.com/

Devign - A Data-based documentation tool

Super easy browser extension ready for instant disposal. Build a robust team library, communicate based on single source of data-point, and report issues with the right context. Launch more perfect products, faster. Loved by teams that transform good ideas into great products. Team productivity is all about being on the same page Minimize multiple channel communications.

https://www.devign.app/

Jam | Build a bug-free product.

Capture your screen plus developer logs in one click. It's so easy, you'll forget you hate bugs. Get Jam for free If you've taken a screenshot or screen recording, you already know how to Jam. Jam auto-magically creates bug reports with all the info engineers need, including: Console logs Network requests Browser info Device details Repro steps Comments And more!

https://jam.dev/

Notion - One workspace. Every team.

We're more than a doc. Or a table. Customize Notion to work the way you do.

https://www.notion.so/

‎Musi - Simple Music Streaming

‎"Best free music player app and I've tried all of them" - FaisalBeanzi "Best music experience I have used on the App Store to date!" - Lupini66444 Musi lets you bookmark and organize your favourite music videos, build playlists, share with friends, and more. Musi can also stream onto any AirPlay e...

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/musi-simple-music-streaming/id591560124

2. I’m going to apply this in my life further for business?

Product Hunt - The best new products in tech.

Hi, I'm Marty! I'm the founder of Poolsuite, an eclectic, ultra-summer music project, and Vacation®, the world's best smelling sunscreen. I use a bunch of tools in my day-to-day to manage things like my to-do's, calendar, music & moodboards. Here's my personal stack.

https://www.producthunt.com/

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