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Octa Ananda Rahmat
• 20h
"I don't use templates. Every situation is unique"
Translation: "I recreate the wheel 50 times yearly instead of building once."
Honesty check:
80% of your proposals are the same. 80% of your onboarding is identical. 80% of your emails follow a pattern. 80% of your processes are repeatable.
But you're customizing 100% every time.
That's not quality. That's waste.
Smart approach:
Build template once (the 80% that's always same). Customize the 20% that actually matters.
→ Proposal: Template structure, custom problem/solution → Onboarding: Template process, custom welcome → Email: Template framework, custom details
This isn't lazy.
It's reserving energy for what requires thinking.
The parts that matter. The parts that make difference.
Not recreating the same intro for the 47th time
Templates aren't shortcuts.
They're smart systems.
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