{"id":244,"date":"2019-06-14T09:28:13","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T09:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindwave.app\/blog\/?p=244"},"modified":"2020-05-21T09:58:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T09:58:13","slug":"build-on-trends-or-on-core-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindwave.app\/blog\/build-on-trends-or-on-core-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Build on trends, or on core values?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Earlier this week I collected some main (global) trends that fit Mindwave and my product vision. And the remarkable thing was, the trends are one by one strongly connected with Mindwave&#8217;s core values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>That can&#8217;t be a coincidence! Is it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About a year ago I decided to define my main core values. Being a bootstrapper means that my personal core values are more or less the same as the product ones. I used the core values actively as design principles to make Conceptual and User Experience Design decisions. The main core values are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Authenticity<\/li><li>Autonomy<\/li><li>Balance<\/li><li>Openness<\/li><li>Reliable<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>To be honest, openness was on the &#8216;spare list&#8217; because I wanted 4 main ones. But since this Insight (aka this story) it makes more sense to make openness one of the main values.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, let&#8217;s take a look at those trends I wrote down:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Balance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The importance of&nbsp;<strong>Mental Health<\/strong>&nbsp;is (finally) getting more attention.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Mindfulness<\/strong>&nbsp;is buzzing around for some time in Silicon Valley, creating a stream of new meditation and journaling apps.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The daily struggle of&nbsp;<strong>mobile phone addiction<\/strong>&nbsp;and social media&#8217;s<strong>&nbsp;FOMO<\/strong>&nbsp;(Fear Of Missing Out).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Openness<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Bootstrappers&nbsp;<strong>build publicly<\/strong>&nbsp;and even stream their coding sessions.<\/li><li>Startups are transparent about their stats &amp; profits (<strong>open startups<\/strong>), and share what they&#8217;ve learned and how they organized stuff (open source).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Authenticity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>We chase quantity over quality. Why?! Luckily more and more people say no to this unhealthy behavior.&nbsp;<strong>No more Instagramification<\/strong>&nbsp;of life.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Fake news. Fake companies.&nbsp;<strong>Fake people<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Every story counts<\/strong>. Where stories we tell ourselves are aligned with the stories we tell others.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Autonomy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Being&nbsp;<strong>self-employed<\/strong>&nbsp;is the future. For everyone.<\/li><li>If 8 out of 10 startups or products fail, why do we follow up on other people&#8217;s startup advice or books? Don&#8217;t take advice, let it just be an inspiration to&nbsp;<strong>find your own way.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Reliable<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Privacy and data security<\/strong>. One word: Facebook. Need I say more!<\/li><li>If a product is free, then you are the product. It is getting (more) common to&nbsp;<strong>pay for the use<\/strong>&nbsp;of a product or service. Hooray for SaaS!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Now it may look like I searched for trends that fit the core values. But as said before, it was the other way around. I collected trends, grouped them and then added the core values as the group name.<br><br>So for me, it&#8217;s not a coincidence these trends are aligned with my core values. It means my core values are alive, stronger than ever. And I make decisions with them in the back of my mind, unconsciously. That&#8217;s a good thing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it also makes me wonder. What are the trends that aren&#8217;t aligned?<br>And, do I even care?&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week I collected some main (global) trends that fit Mindwave and my product vision. 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