INVALIDATING ASSUMPTIONS by Trevor Owens

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How to Spot a One Trick Pony

How do you separate luck from success? How do you know if someone’s a one trick pony?

Whether someone is an early success or not, you can look at people’s long-term habbits that are important in personal growth.

  • Insatiable Curiosity
  • Workaholism
  • Extreme Empathy
  • Keeps Promises/Returns Favors
  • Brings Others Up to His/Her Level

Short-term thinking & behaviors are the telling sign of a one trick pony, beware at all costs.

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Hi, I'm Trevor. I founded Lean Startup Machine, an intensive workshop that teaches people how to build disruptive products.

I'm currently working on a book, detailing everything I've learned building my company and helping thousands of innovators around the world.

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