{"id":2889,"date":"2020-01-13T01:18:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T14:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksummaryclub.com\/?p=2889"},"modified":"2023-07-04T19:43:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T09:43:41","slug":"the-messy-middle-summary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksummaryclub.com\/the-messy-middle-summary\/","title":{"rendered":"The Messy Middle Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-group larslars\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B07HFF7BV3\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B07HFF7BV3&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=booksummarclub-20&amp;linkId=712aaaaa7dba1ae550e163fdf4ab175f\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" 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href=\"https:\/\/booksummaryclub.com\/the-messy-middle-summary\/#Lesson_1_Business_Success_is_forged_in_the_difficult_middle_of_any_venture\" title=\"Lesson 1: Business Success is forged in the difficult middle&nbsp;of any venture\">Lesson 1: Business Success is forged in the difficult middle&nbsp;of any venture<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/booksummaryclub.com\/the-messy-middle-summary\/#Lesson_2_Its_crucial_to_stay_self-aware_during_times_of_both_triumph_and_hardship\" title=\"Lesson 2: It\u2019s crucial to stay self-aware during times of&nbsp;both triumph and hardship\">Lesson 2: It\u2019s crucial to stay self-aware during times of&nbsp;both triumph and hardship<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" 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class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you found out that 90% of all start-ups&nbsp;don\u2019t succeed, would this surprise you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">It shouldn\u2019t, as most start ups are excellent at kicking off and securing funding, as well as selling the company to the highest bidder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">However, there are very few guides which&nbsp;cover the key aspects of the middle portion of this process, which is where&nbsp;most start-ups fail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Within Belsky\u2019s book, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B07HFF7BV3\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B07HFF7BV3&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=booksummarclub-20&amp;linkId=712aaaaa7dba1ae550e163fdf4ab175f\">The Messy Middle<\/a>\u201d,&nbsp;he goes into depth on what to expect with the pivotal middle portion of any&nbsp;start-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"aawp\">\n\n            \n      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class=\"has-text-align-center\">There are three main points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Business Success is forged in&nbsp;the difficult middle of any venture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It\u2019s crucial to stay self-aware&nbsp;during times of both triumph and hardship<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Optimize for success by always&nbsp;trying to do a good thing better<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lesson_1_Business_Success_is_forged_in_the_difficult_middle_of_any_venture\"><\/span>Lesson 1: Business Success is forged in the difficult middle&nbsp;of any venture<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Within&nbsp;any start-up, there are plenty of peaks and valleys you will need to handle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">There&nbsp;will be times where you feel as if you have made it, whereas other times you will&nbsp;feel as if the whole venture is ready to fall apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The&nbsp;longer the business cycle goes, the steadier it becomes.&nbsp; Arriving to the steady part is always the toughest stretch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Most&nbsp;capitalists will not share your enthusiasm for your company, so it is best for&nbsp;you to stay as levelheaded as possible while weathering the storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">You&nbsp;also need to stay open-minded due to the varying nature of your product and&nbsp;company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">While&nbsp;in this middle portion of the business cycle, you may see a different path to&nbsp;success than what you originally planned, and you need to be flexible enough to&nbsp;change direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lesson_2_Its_crucial_to_stay_self-aware_during_times_of_both_triumph_and_hardship\"><\/span>Lesson 2: It\u2019s crucial to stay self-aware during times of&nbsp;both triumph and hardship<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The&nbsp;peaks and valleys of any start-up tend to bring out the worst in anyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">By&nbsp;having a lot of success early on, your ego could become inflated.&nbsp; This sense might mean you miss some trouble which is brewing, which could cause trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Likewise,if you are facing some serious challenges, your insecurities could make you&nbsp;vulnerable and lash out at others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In&nbsp;order to keep both of these highly emotional feelings in check, it is best to&nbsp;stay as steady as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">By&nbsp;not celebrating too much early on or giving up to easily when it becomes tough,&nbsp;you can forge a path to realizing a great accomplishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Another&nbsp;way to help steady the ship is to pro-actively seek constructive&nbsp;criticism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">By&nbsp;seeking the feedback, your defensive shield should be lowered and allow you to&nbsp;be more self-aware and receptive to see the necessary changes which will need&nbsp;to be made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lesson_3_Optimize_for_success_by_always_trying_to_do_a_good_thing_better\"><\/span>Lesson 3: Optimize for success by&nbsp;always trying to do a good thing better<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Optimization is the belief that something&nbsp;can always be made better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If, during your start-up process, you find&nbsp;a habit or a product point which is successful, you should always take a step&nbsp;back and evaluate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Why was it successful?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Can this success be implemented in&nbsp;elsewhere?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">How can you leverage this improvement&nbsp;within the team or other aspects of the product?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In order to expedite some optimization, it&nbsp;is recommended that you do some testing to find which path is better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">For example, if you have a website where&nbsp;products can be purchases, you might change some aspects of the page for&nbsp;certain customers in order to test their behaviours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Once you key in on what works and what doesn\u2019t, you can optimize your site for all customers to drive the most business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Being Good is the biggest obstacle of&nbsp;Becoming Great \u2013 don\u2019t settle for being good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Optimizing your product while in the messy&nbsp;middle stage so it can be Great is always the best chance for success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"My_Personal_Takeaway\"><\/span>My Personal Takeaway<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B07HFF7BV3\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B07HFF7BV3&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=booksummarclub-20&amp;linkId=712aaaaa7dba1ae550e163fdf4ab175f\">The Messy Middle<\/a> is a really interesting book which ideas can be applied in many different areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In this book, it has been applied to the startup world, and even though we often only hear about successes, secured funding and these big events, the most of the struggle that took venture there is in the messy middle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">I believe this can be applied to many aspects of life, relationships, love, finding a job, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">A lot of the efforts that lead up to the amazing parts in life are in the messy middle, so stay focused and open minded throughout to ensure the best possible outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-columns uagb-columns__wrap uagb-columns__background-color uagb-columns__stack-mobile uagb-columns__valign-center uagb-columns__gap-10 align uagb-block-ed18f780 uagb-columns__columns-2 uagb-columns__max_width-theme\"><div class=\"uagb-columns__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-columns__inner-wrap uagb-columns__columns-2\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap uagb-column__background-undefined uagb-block-c5cdddcd\"><div class=\"uagb-column__overlay\"><\/div>\n<a target=\"_blank\" 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Learn more about this subject by listening to the full book <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B07HFF7BV3\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B07HFF7BV3&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=booksummarclub-20&amp;linkId=712aaaaa7dba1ae550e163fdf4ab175f\">for free<\/a><\/strong><\/span> via Audible.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Put_into_Action\"><\/span><strong>Put into Action<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>A lot of the big successes in life and business is forged in the messy middle &#8211; keep that in mind!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stay self-aware and keep an open mind to identify when you are in the messy middle and that all actions count.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Optimize &#8211; don\u2019t settle for good and test everything.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary of The Messy Middle by Scott Belsky Introduction If you found out that 90% of all start-ups&nbsp;don\u2019t succeed, would this surprise you? 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