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Mercer: Discard beliefs the moment they stop driving constructive action

Chris Mercer · Backing Up to an Earlier Solution Changed Everything for Sean · Feb 13, 2024 · at 9:04

Chris Mercer, co-founder of Measurement Marketing, shares his mental model of 'useful beliefs' to help Sean Weisbrot evaluate business pivots.

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“So is the belief useful? If it is, I'll keep it. And if it's not generating an action or a direction that I want to go, then I will really question that and say, well, just cause it was useful up until this point, it doesn't mean it still is. And I'm willing to let go because I'm willing to be wrong, right?”

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