2. The FAFO Method — Why and How to F*ck Around and Find Out in Your Business

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07/27/23 • 28 min

Introducing the most powerful tool in your business toolbox: The FAFO Method.
FAFO means "F*ck Around and Find Out," and it's the best way I've ever found to make meaningful changes in all areas of life. Any time you catch yourself asking, "What if . . . ?" or saying, "I don't know how to . . . " that's a cue to bust out the FAFO method.
FAFO Step 1: Identify the question you want to answer.
FAFO Step 2: Pick a hypothesis to test.
FAFO Step 3: Design your experiment.
FAFO Step 4: Run the experiment.
FAFO Step 5: Conclude the experiment and document the results.
FAFO Step 6: Evaluate your results and draw a conclusion.
FAFO Step 7: Repeat.
For Step 6, here are some questions to help you evaluate the results and use what you learned:

What did you SAY you were going to do?
What did you ACTUALLY do?
On a scale of 1 (not at all) to 10 (completely), how closely did you follow the original plan?
How do you feel about the difference between the original plan and reality?
What helped you?
What got in the way?
How will you use what you learned in your next experiment?

FAFOing is one of the three components for my change framework: (1) commitment, (2) non-attachment, and (3) FAFO.
You can think of the framework for change as a tripod or a three-legged stool.
You need all three legs or the whole thing falls over. In the context of change, that's what makes things "not stick" or "not work" — it's because we pulled a leg out. Maybe we forgot what we were committed to and bailed on the change. Maybe we got attached instead of staying curious and we got hung up in a key area. Maybe we changed the experiment so many times it stopped being FAFOing.
But when we use the FAFO method — and partner it with commitment and non-attachment — lasting, sustainable change isn't just possible, it's inevitable.
When the game you're playing is "f*ck around and find out," there is literally no way to lose. If you found out, you nailed it.
FAFO away!
Thanks to Samantha Welter for the unexpectedly perfect audio clip that fit so beautifully with this episode. Shared with permission of course!
Prefer video? Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/BMJhLX_Ysuo

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What did you SAY you were going to do?
What did you ACTUALLY do?
On a scale of 1 (not at all) to 10 (completely), how closely did you follow the original plan?
How do you feel about the difference between the original plan and reality?
What helped you?
What got in the way?
How will you use what you learned in your next experiment?

Previous Episode

1. The "I Could Never" Rule

Get to know Kristen, hear a little about why it took her so damn long to start this podcast, and learn what to do when your brain tries to stop you from taking action on stuff that's important to you in your business — and everywhere else in your life.
This episode will teach you how to:

Take stock of the things you actually want to do that you're holding back on
Help your brain reorganize around your new identity as a person who does the shit you want to do
Notice the difference between "fuuuuuuck" and "fuck no" — and what to do next
Use your new awareness and skills to use what happened in the past to move yourself forward (instead of using it to beat yourself up and hold yourself back)
Go from a person who "could never" to a person who actually can and is.

Prefer video? Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PDbOBVAab00

Next Episode

3. Riding the Waves of Business Without Drowning

Every business has ups and downs. How do you make it through the low spots without throwing in the towel and quitting?
Your job ISN'T to never have a slow period or a rough day. It's to get good at sustaining through the trough while you're riding the waves.
This episode will help you zoom out, reframe your business highs and lows, and go deep in your business — in all its phases and stages — without drowning.
Mentioned in this episode:
• Episode 2, "The FAFO Method: Why and How to f*ck around and find out in your business" (https://fckyeahpod.buzzsprout.com/2198615)
Prefer video? Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/_Q6HUV7FPQw

From Fck Me to Fck Yeah - 2. The FAFO Method — Why and How to F*ck Around and Find Out in Your Business

Transcript

ep2. The FAFO Method — Why and How to F*ck Around and Find Out in Your Business

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[00:00:00] Kristen King: Hello friends and welcome back to from fuck me to fuck. Yeah, I am super excited today to be talking about one of my very favorite topics, the FAFO method. The FAFO method is an approach that I teach my clients to help them design experiments in their business and in other areas of their life too