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Coming up with ways to help
If you ever have trouble figuring out how to help the people you feel called to serve, perhaps this will be useful.
Start by asking yourself the bigger question: “How can I help?”
And then use this framework to tease out the answers:
Products
what products can I make?
what problems do they solve?
who do they solve them for?
how will solving them make their lives better?
Consultations
what consultations can I offer?
what problems do they solve?
who do they solve them for?
how will solving them make their lives better?
what products above would help (either before or after)?
Services
what services can I provide?
what problems do they solve?
who do they solve them for?
how will solving them make their lives better?
what products above would I use to provide them?
what consultations above would they include?
what consultations above would help (either before or after)?
Many helpings,
James
P.S. This is me “working in public” - it’s a new thing I’m trying :)
I wanted to clarify how I can help the “work to live” indie founders and empowered leaders of small-to-medium businesses I feel called to serve. And then I realized the framework itself was a thing worth sharing.
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