🎙️ Prototype Conversation | Study Template

for the one imagining a career without ever asking anyone living it

Goal

Run one 30-minute interview with someone living a path you're considering.

Before trying a life, interview someone already living it; ask first, then act. : from Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans.

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0:00-0:05
List 3 people living a path you're considering. Real names.
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0:05-0:10
Pick the most reachable. Not the most impressive: the reachable one.
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0:10-0:15
Draft 3 questions. Short, specific, kind.
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0:15-0:20
Send the outreach message. Today. Before you talk yourself out of it.
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0:20-0:25
Prep: read their last 3 public posts. Find one real question.
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0:25-0:55
Run the 30-min interview. Listen 80%, ask 20%. Take notes.
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0:55-1:05
Log 3 takeaways. Plain words, no spin.
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1:05-1:10
Pick one follow-up prototype. Calendar it before you close.

A coffee on you for showing up to the interview.