🧗Stuck Prototype Reset

for the one whose prototype flopped and now won't try again

Goal

Reset after a flopped prototype in 90 minutes and design a safer next try.

Source principle

A stuck belief is a story you can rewrite; trade 'it didn't work' for 'I learned one thing that doesn't.' : from Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans.

The plan

1. 🗣️
   0:00-0:10

   Name the flopped prototype. One sentence. No spin.
2. ✍️
   0:10-0:25

   Write the story you're telling about it. 'It didn't work.' All of it.
3. 💸
   0:25-0:35

   Write what that story costs you. What does believing it make you skip?
4. 🔖
   0:35-0:45

   Pull one fact from the prototype. Just one thing you learned.
5. 🔄
   0:45-1:00

   Draft 3 reframes. 'It didn't work' → 'I learned X doesn't.' Different angles.
6. ✅
   1:00-1:10

   Pick the reframe you can believe. Not the prettiest: the believable one.
7. 👣
   1:10-1:25

   Design a safer next prototype. Smaller. Lower stakes.
8. 📅
   1:25-1:28

   Calendar it. Real date.
9. 📢
   1:28-1:30

   Say the reframe aloud. Close.

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