The Big Hump
July 8th, 2009The first time you do something it’s hard. ย The second and third time it gets easier.
The problem is as you repeat something the effectiveness wears off.
The first time someone does something remarkable everyone talks about it, the second time a little bit and the third time so so.
Really it is a race to be first. ย The cool thing is that anybody can be first at something. ย And that is remarkable.
Tags: dip, goals, hump, remarkable
This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 at 9:52 pm. 
July 8th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
I’m a huge fan of innovators and studying what makes them tick but I read an interesting article about fast followers the other day that shows why it doesnt always “pay” to be first.
http://bit.ly/2erU8
July 9th, 2009 at 12:38 am
Maybe we should specify it’s more important to be perceived as first… rather than actually being first.
Although the fast followers in that article were also innovators… they innovated on the original innovation to make it work better (and make more money).
But I agree with Ben on the cool thing being “anybody can be first at something.”
July 9th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
It doesn’t only pay to be first, it also pays to do it better.
Since there’s no new idea under the sun, I say don’t let not being first stop you from being the best.
July 13th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
@Rich @Craig @Nathaniel Thanks guys for your comments, very much appreciated, it’s a great topic for discussion. It is almost worth nothing to be first at something without anyone knowing – sometimes it helps to blow your own trumpet huh?
July 13th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
@Ben I’d say we definitely *need* to blow your own trumpet… but then I may be biased working in marketing.
I think this actually holds a lot of kiwi business owners back as we don’t like to promote ourselves. I know that was a mindset challenge I faced for a long time.
So blow away I say… or something like that… *shrug*