Use Case Thinking: Design Products From Customer Perspective
The biggest product-creation mistake is starting with 'who should buy this?' instead of 'who already wants to buy something like this?' Find groups of people who are already in buying mode and create for them. Use case thinking is the framework that trains your mind to automatically start from the customer's perspective. Practice it on paper repeatedly — it's like training wheels — until your brain starts doing it automatically. Find the highest-value thing you can create by understanding your customer's internal valuing process. When you match your expertise to their specific challenge in a way that creates maximum value, you end up with a product customers want the moment they hear about it. Start with their problem, not your solution.
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Match Expertise to Client Challenge for Maximum Value
Find the highest value thing you can create for your customer by understanding their internal valuing process. When you match your expertise to their specific challenge in a way that creates maximum value, you create a product that customers want to buy as soon as they hear about it.
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All Human Motivation Is Irrational — It Doesn't Make Sense
Use case thinking is a framework that trains your mind to automatically think from the customer's perspective. Practice it by doing exercises on paper repeatedly until your mind starts doing it automatically - it's like training wheels for customer-centered thinking.
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Find Buyers First Then Build the Product for Them
Instead of planning who should buy your product, find groups of people who already want to buy something and create it for them. Start with the customer's perspective rather than trying to choose who will buy your stuff.