9 Top Lessons From the Book “Rework”

1️⃣ Mistakes and Learning

- Learning from your success will always tell you what to do next, therefore it is important to understand that failure is not a prerequisite to success.

- When you learn from your mistakes, you learn what NOT to do.

2️⃣ Don’t let the past drive the future

- You have to learn to go in new directions, because that is what suitable today.

- If you break your tasks into smaller tasks, you are much more likely to be accurate, compared to estimate something big.

3️⃣ Premature Growth means death

- See what feels right, small companies wish they were big, and big companies wish they were more agile.

- Premature growth is a death point, don’t grow for the sake of growing.

4️⃣ Don’t be a Workaholic

- Workaholics create more problems than they solve. If you always work hard you don’t know what are considered to be real problems.

- Work hard when required, not all the time — you will burn out.

5️⃣ Let your customers miss you

- You want your customers to feel that if you stop doing what you do, then they will feel something is missing.

- Build stuff you want to use, when you solve your own problem, you know how to solve it.

6️⃣ Work smart, and avoid interruptions!

- Some people work hours through the night when there is little or no interruption.

- You need to focus and for long periods of time.

7️⃣ Small victories

- Accomplish small victories along the way. When you start small, get feedback instantly, and keep this process up until you go big.

- You can manage small victories by prioritizing.

8️⃣ Creativity

- Be creative, and make the product about you.

- Do not copy anyone, focus on injecting what is unique about you into your product.

9️⃣ Take responsibility

- There is always people who will call you out on your flaws, hold your hands up straight away.

- The highest person ranked should take responsibility and should address the issue promptly.