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A sketchnote explaining a creator flywheel.

In a recent podcast episode, Nathan Barry of kit shared about creator flywheels.

Here's a sketchnote I made explaining them to help me reflect and think about how I could apply them in what I do.

What do you think about this mental model?

A ballon with the caption "My focus" and a mini gun with "Kids off school" above it. representing distractions during August.

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7. Missionaries vs Mercenaries:

There are two types of people you meet in business.

• Those who are genuinely passionate about their product/service (missionaries)
• Those who just want to sell things (mercenaries).

The missionaries achieve greater success.

6. Winning in Baseball vs Business:

Business wins can be exponentially big.

Conduct unconventional experiments and use big wins to offset many experimental losses.

5. Work Backwards from the Customer:

Start with the customer's needs, not your solution, to create solutions people will actually pay for.

4. Anecdotes Over Data:

Trust customer feedback over metrics when they disagree.

You're probably not measuring the right thing.

3. Reversible vs Irreversible Decisions:

Make reversible decisions quickly (you can always go back and gather valuable data).

Approach irreversible decisions with caution.

2. The Two-Pizza Rule

Keep teams lean — small enough to be fed by two pizzas — so they can easily collaborate.

1. Regret Minimization.

Make decisions today that minimise regret tomorrow. This encourages a bias towards action and helps overcome fear of the unknown.

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A sketch of the distracted boyfriend meme but looking at a book.

Tsundoku:

A Japanese word for the pile of books you mean to read.

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Ever come out of the cinema and thought

"Why didn't I leave after the first 15 minutes?"

Well you fell prey to the sunk cost fallacy.

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7. Focus on the Joy of Missing Out, not FOMO

By worrying about all the things you’re not doing, you can’t appreciate what you are doing.

6. Time is the only non-renewable resource there is.

You can earn money you spend back, you can't gain back your time.

5. Stop saying “I don’t have time for that” and replace it with “It’s not a priority right now.”

4. Gain time by setting limits

Leverage Parkinson's law to gain extra time.

3. Create “Time Anchors” to slow down time.

Time felt like it passed slower when you were a kid because you had more novel experiences (Time anchors).

2. Change your perspective

Zoom out to the bigger picture to see what really matters

two clocks, one show the passing of time (chronos time) one showing a heart representing quality time (Kairos time).

7 Visuals to Change How You Think About Time (Illustrated by me!)

1. Chronos vs Kairos Time
The Greeks had two words for time:
– Chronos (clock time)
– Kairos (quality time).

A man running with a chequered flag on a stick in front of him. The caption at the top is "life with perfectionism"

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Amateurs practice until they get it right; professionals practice until they can’t get it wrong

Amateurs practice until they get it right.

Professionals practice until they can’t get it wrong.

Trains are my favourite way to travel

• I don't get travel sick, so I can read
• I meet interesting people
• I see the country

But it's just TOO expensive in the UK.

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