This is great and matches something I’ve been doing for over a decade now. Writing in reflections, examining and cross examining. The only thing I would argume

This is great and matches something I’ve been doing for over a decade now. Writing in reflections, examining and cross examining. The only thing I would argume with is: > We just talked about it aimlessly, read randomly, and made small notes. This cost us time and caused confusion. No, this is part of the process. It’s part of noticing and a precursor to the step of examination. This is data gathering. — The other thing I’ve learned over the years is that this kind of thinking/writing scares people. I’ve made the mistake of sending an edited analysis to a cofounder. Because they didn’t have a similar practice they couldn’t perceive it as an examination of our startup’s situation, and instead received it as anxiety and uncertainty. It’s unsettling to question assumptions.