Why we ditched Asana for Height

Waking up on Monday with a cup of joe and a smile? You got this!

But wait, what's this game of mental tug of war going on in our brains? We want to get $#!t done, but then Mr. Snooze Button whispers sweet nothings in our ear.

It's like being a circus ringmaster, trying to keep the Instant Gratification Monkey under control while still allowing it to have a little fun.

And let’s be real, sometimes the monkey wins and other times the Rational Decision Maker takes the reins. The two forces are in constant conflict, and it's up to us to navigate the balance between them.

So, how do we win the battle against procrastination? It's a tough nut to crack.

Just remember, it may be a formidable foe, but with some determination and a little creativity, you can beat it.

Vamos! Let's do this.

Farewell Asana! You served us well, but it’s time to move on.

Yes, we've traded in our comfortable, worn-out sneakers for some shiny new high-tops. We decided on a task management upgrade. And Height App is making it happen.

Height is as if Asana, Notion, and Google Sheets had a task management love child. It’s a delightful experience and a refreshing simplification to Asana’s clunkiness.

Our biggest complaint with Asana is that they failed to adopt or adapt to evolving user expectations. Since Notion took over the world, users call for effective simplicity. Asana started to feel like dancing in a suit of armor. And with Height, we’re putting on our stretchy pants.

Since they went public, we began to notice a lot of changes in Asana we weren’t fans of. The way new features were introduced, upgrade notices, and their seat pricing. 🥵 It made us—as loyal, longtime paying users—feel second fiddle to the needs of Wall Street.

Cory Doctorow aptly describes this as, en$#!ttification:

Height made jumping the ship super easy. After setting up the workspace, we used their built-in Asana integration to import tasks to newly created lists in Height.

It took us about an hour to complete the imports in the background. Then under an hour to get organized in Height. Take that, Asana!

What are you using to manage your work? Asana die-hard or fellow ship-jumper? Reply and let us know.

Spilling the tea on ChatGPT. 👀 The smart folks at Genuine Impact crunched the numbers from Google Trends to answer the question. 👉🏽 Where’s the demand for OpenAI’s latest release coming from?

Not from where we thought, that’s for sure. Seems like our friends in the Far East take the early adoption cake.

We’re keeping our Monday tradition alive and taking this week’s book off the shelf.

For many, moms are the MVPs of empathy. They’re always ready with a hug, sage advice, or a yummy meal–exactly when we need it. Mothers have a supernatural ability to sense when we're feeling down or when something’s up. 🧐

So when launching a product or business, who better to emulate to understand customer needs?

That’s the premise of Rob Fitzpatrick’s book. The Mom Test. It was shared by one of our favorite designers all the way from Norway. Want to know a bit more? 👇🏿

🤖 The gist by ChatGPT

The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick is a book about how to gather valuable insights from customers for your startup. The author argues that talking to customers about their problems, rather than your solutions, is a more effective way to learn about their needs and desires.

He suggests using empathy and storytelling to uncover customers' real motivations and pain points, and provides practical tips for conducting customer interviews and avoiding common pitfalls.

The goal of the book is to help entrepreneurs build successful businesses by focusing on the people they are trying to serve, rather than just metrics like users or revenue.

This section was inspired by the legendary Alex Lieberman of Morning Brew.