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The Five Rules You Need To Know To Keep Yourself From Getting Stuck
I’ve been doing a lot of research on Steve Jobs lately. Did you know that he used to practice his Macworld and product launch presentations around 200 times before the big event?
Watch any Jobs presentation and you’ll notice how smooth and effortless he appears on stage. You’ll also notice that, when he does a demo (which is part of just about every Jobs presentation), the demo almost always works perfectly.
On the rare occasion when something goes wrong, Jobs calmly moves on. He never, ever gets stuck.
Rule number one for never getting stuck in business: The more prepared you are the less chance you’ll get stuck.
200 rehearsals. There’s a reason why Jobs was so, so good, and it’s all the time and effort he put into practicing. The analogy in business is preparation.
I know, from my own business experience, that the more prepared I was, the more likely I could respond to any business situation, even the most stressful situation you can imagine.
For example, we were in the middle of raising our next round of funding. There were four investors that were a couple weeks away from giving us term sheets. At the same time, we had just…
