Essential vs Unessential

I have started to wonder on “What moves me?” as a person. How do I decide if the product is great or inferior? Will this product sell or not? How to design the great UX? The answers do come after contemplation but often this is a lengthy process. You cannot innovate on demand. You can only get started on demand. You just try to figure out what will work and why it will work? During those times, what overtakes you is the pure love for what you do. You just forget everything. I even forget to sleep or have food, when I am immersed in solving a problem.

At times, I have found my own perceptions cloud the truth. A piece of truth which turns out to be so simple and obvious and I was over-complicating to state the obvious. When I find too many complexities, I relax and slow down. I do not let any complexity disturb me and I start to focus on “Why?” Why I am building this product? What are the key components of the product? Usually, I find myself working on something which was to be ignored from the beginning but since I have worked on it, so I now know it is Unessential. The process to figure out the unessential is so lengthy and cumbersome that it takes me days, weeks or months to figure out what is unessential and what is essential? There is no direct path, which will lead directly to the essential. Often to figure out the essential, I have to go through 95% of the stuff, which is unessential. Probably, at the end of it, you will gain an insight which is truly Essential to give the right direction to your product.

At the end of the day, it is about having faith in yourself and the process you are following, persistence, open-mindedness, peace of mind and clear consciousness. Sooner or later, breakthrough will come. Don’t give up, Don’t quit. Keep working, rest if you must but don’t quit.

PS: Some people may think I should use Non-essential to be grammatically correct. Do you remember the song ‘Unbreak my heart’, it  conveys the meaning clearly than ‘don’t break my heart’

Image Courtesy: Erin Hanson

Future of Cars- Fiat Mio

Few months ago, I read about creation of fiat mio, the concept car created by fiat through crowdsourcing. The result is amazing. A beautiful car which is going to change the way we know cars today. Watch the video above to visualize the future of cars. Don’t try to understand the language (it is portuguese). I am going to write lot more on crowdsourcing and new ways to work in coming months. Stay tuned!

Solving the Original Problem

Isn’t this invention a WOW ?

This invention has opened up new frontiers in levitation. Imagine a friction-less transportation system, a friction less machinery. It would lead saving of fuel, energy and increase in efficiency by over 1,000 times.

So, what?

The idea is – are you solving the original problem with your product or just producing me-too products? Will your product truly create a long-lasting value in the whole ecosystem or it will die after few months or a year?

Solving Original problems takes time. The first step is identifying the original problem. That needs a paradigm shift. Standing with the new idea is risky, you may fail but the rewards are excellent. Are you willing to risk the trend to create something original, which will last for years to come? Can you forego the investors and listen to your heart instead? Can you convince a team to work on original product?

Often, we choose the easy way over the tough one, but can you make an exception this time? There is no guarantee, there is a leap of faith. Can you be the next Einstein? Next Newton? Why not dare to dream? Why not live your dream one more time?