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I did a Mixergy interview so bad they didn't even release it
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Re: I did a Mixergy interview so bad they didn't even release it
#62Interesting - is this a personal site built on https://circle.so ?
Yes, you can see a link to Circle if you follow the privacy policy.
Re: I did a Mixergy interview so bad they didn't even release it
#63By the sounds of it, this happened before Andrew started doing "pre-interviews". Now he has one of his team members speak to the person to suss out their story. Andrew just just wrote a book about his interview process – it's called Stop Asking Questions, and I thoroughly recommend it. He shows you how to get interesting material from people, rather than platitudes like: "business is a marathon, not a sprint".
That was probably my way of doing the pre-interview back then. Talking to the guest before we officially start.
Re: I did a Mixergy interview so bad they didn't even release it
#64I take full responsibility for not being able to tell the story well back then.
It’s my responsibility more than it is Rob’s.
It was January 2012. I was still learning how to coach the story out of my interviewees. I’ve done a lot of personal work over the last decade to get better and better at that.
I appreciate that Rob trusted me with such a vulnerable story back then. Rob, if you’re reading this thank you.
Re: I did a Mixergy interview so bad they didn't even release it
#65I take full responsibility for not being able to tell the story well back then. It’s my responsibility more than it is Rob’s. It was January 2012. I was still learning how to coach the story out of my interviewees. I’ve done a lot of personal work over the last decade to get better and better at that. I appreciate that Rob trusted me with such a vulnerable story back then. Rob, if you’re reading this thank you.
Aw, you're a star, Andrew. I really appreciate (and admire) the sentiment and thoughtfulness. (Although I still think that I dropped a bit of an unsalvageable mess on your lap!)
As a side note since you're here, I'm super psyched that you've taken the time to share what you've learned in your new book -- it's the next one up on my list for serious study, and I couldn't be more excited about it. Based on the reviews so far, it looks like you've written something really special and that I'm in for a real treat. Can't wait :)
Re: I did a Mixergy interview so bad they didn't even release it
#66Well, that was quite something. > The funny thing here is that I'm 100% aware that our stories are wrong. Our own stories, doubly so. We back-fit narratives. Our minds rewrite what we remember ourselves thinking at the time. What are some ways to break out of this mode, and look back upon the timeline for what it was? robfitz wrote 'The Mom Test', so they must know!? > So our stories are wrong. But they still matter.…
>What are some ways to break out of this mode I would guess the best answer here is to write down everything. Keep a journal. Write down events as soon after they happen as possible, write down your thoughts about the event, write down your emotions and connect them to the events that generate them. I think a somewhat decent mental model here is to think of our brains as write-only memory. Every time you remember som…
Ah yes, the suffering of Krav Maga...and the joy of it being done and remembered.
Re: I did a Mixergy interview so bad they didn't even release it
#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
> type 2 fun Great comment, and this phrase is going in my pocket. > write-only memory Could this be The Secret(tm) to transmuting base lead into gold? Rewriting the very memories that make up one's life.
For anyone else who isn't familiar, type 1 fun is where it's a fun experience and you have fun memories of it. Type 2 is a not-fun experience where you look back on the accomplishment fondly. Type 3 "fun" is a tongue-in-cheek description of something where you didn't have fun doing it, and also don't have fond memories of it.
Team building events: type 3.
Re: I did a Mixergy interview so bad they didn't even release it
#68Aw, fuck. Now I want a boat.
And I want you to get one ;) Sailing had always been on my "someday bucket list," but I kept putting it off since I could never make the time to take the week or two off to do the course. But once I started learning, it was so much more deeply satisfying than anything else in my life, that it immediately became a top focus. Before I'd even finished my captain's license, I had already hit "buy it now" on an ebay listi…
I literally bought a book about buying boats. I was really hyped about buying a boat before I read it. Still no boat years later.
Re: I did a Mixergy interview so bad they didn't even release it
#69I googled Mixergy and found out about a pretty interesting smart hot water tank. Edit: being downvoted for a silly joke, I get it, but it's true. That Mixergy is placed way better than the startuppers' little bubble interview website.
I still don't know what Mixergy is.
Re: I did a Mixergy interview so bad they didn't even release it
#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
> type 2 fun Great comment, and this phrase is going in my pocket. > write-only memory Could this be The Secret(tm) to transmuting base lead into gold? Rewriting the very memories that make up one's life.
For anyone else who isn't familiar, type 1 fun is where it's a fun experience and you have fun memories of it. Type 2 is a not-fun experience where you look back on the accomplishment fondly. Type 3 "fun" is a tongue-in-cheek description of something where you didn't have fun doing it, and also don't have fond memories of it.
Is there not a type for things that were fun to do at the time but are unhappy memories?
I have a few of those ;)