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Bite 038 · Mon 21 Sep 2026
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✅ Growth

Ask what they did, not what they would do

Ask whether someone would buy your thing and they’ll be kind, because a hypothetical yes costs them nothing. Rob Fitzpatrick’s fix is to interrogate the past rather than the future: what did you do last time this came up, what did it cost you, what have you already tried and dropped? Compliments aren’t data — spend and switching are.

💡 Why it matters

Messaging built on what customers say they would do quietly encodes their politeness, which is why a positioning line can test beautifully in interviews and die the week you ship it.

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