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Step 1: Establish the 'Awkward List'

For 7 consecutive days, do just one thing:
Every time you feel “annoyed / troublesome / here we go again / why is it still like this,” write it down.

Do not analyze, do not optimize, just record:
• What you are doing
• Why you are unhappy
• Frequency (daily / weekly / occasionally)

Key point: frequency > intensity

Step 2: Filter out 'non-product awkwardness'

After a week, go through the list and delete three categories:
• Emotional (dislike a certain person)
• Ability (I am not good at this)
• One-time (happens only once a year)

What remains is basically productizable friction.

Step 3: Turn 'awkwardness' into a product prototype using three questions

For each point that remains, ask the following three questions:

1️⃣ How am I currently 'temporarily solving' this?
• Record it in Excel?
• Write it in the memo?
• Send it to myself?
• Memorize it in my mind?

The uglier the temporary solution, the higher the product value.

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2️⃣ If this thing disappears tomorrow, would I be in pain?
• Would it take more time?
• Is it prone to mistakes?
• Does the psychological burden increase?

This step is to verify the authenticity of the need.

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3️⃣ Can this solution be understood by others in 30 seconds?

If you need a lengthy explanation, then it might be a process, not a product.

Step 1: Establish the 'Awkward List'

For 7 consecutive days, do just one thing:
Every time you feel “annoyed / troublesome / here we go again / why is it still like this,” write it down.

Do not analyze, do not optimize, just record:
• What you are doing
• Why you are unhappy
• Frequency (daily / weekly / occasionally)

Key point: frequency > intensity

Step 2: Filter out 'non-product awkwardness'

After a week, go through the list and delete three categories:
• Emotional (dislike a certain person)
• Ability (I am not good at this)
• One-time (happens only once a year)

What remains is basically productizable friction.

Step 3: Turn 'awkwardness' into a product prototype using three questions

For each point that remains, ask the following three questions:

1️⃣ How am I currently 'temporarily solving' this?
• Record it in Excel?
• Write it in the memo?
• Send it to myself?
• Memorize it in my mind?

The uglier the temporary solution, the higher the product value.

⸻

2️⃣ If this thing disappears tomorrow, would I be in pain?
• Would it take more time?
• Is it prone to mistakes?
• Does the psychological burden increase?

This step is to verify the authenticity of the need.

⸻

3️⃣ Can this solution be understood by others in 30 seconds?

If you need a lengthy explanation, then it might be a process, not a product.