The Daniel Tiger SOP - How to Regularly Do Hard Things (ITS Classic)

The Daniel Tiger SOP - How to Regularly Do Hard Things (ITS Classic)

July 16, 2026 · 19 min · Season 5 · Episode 218

About this episode

The episode discusses the Daniel Tiger SOP, a technique to help entrepreneurs tackle uncomfortable tasks and differentiate their startups.

Today, we'll talk about my favorite item from the Always Work List from a few weeks back - the Daniel Tiger SOP. Entrepreneurship requires you to do uncomfortable stuff constantly. This gets overwhelming and leads to founders sticking with the well-worn, safe path. That leads to startups with no differentiator and no reason to exist. The Daniel Tiger SOP helps you turn intimidating tasks into manageable ones. It lets you travel a unique road, which leads to a unique product. It's as good a technique as I've found.

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Host: Brian Scordato

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Books & works: The Daniel Tiger SOP

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