Action Checklist
From Getting Results | The Book
-- J.D. Meier
This is a checklist with proven practices for improving your ability to take action. For an elaboration of guidelines for improving your ability to take action, see Action Guidelines.
- Ask Yourself, “What actions have I taken?
- Balance "good enough for now" with "perfection."
- Balance your buckets.
- Build a library of reference examples.
- Build feedback loops.
- Build a system of profound knowledge.
- Carve out time for what's important.
- Check your ladder.
- Chunk It Down.
- Decide and Go.
- Deliver incremental value.
- Do a Dry Run.
- Do It, Review It, and Improve It.
- Do more, think less.
- Don't spend $20 on a $5 problem
- Establish a rhythm of results.
- Expand your toolset.
- Get the Ball Out of Your Court.
- Have a compelling "what."
- Have a compelling "why."
- Improve your network.
- Just Start.
- Know the sum is better than the parts.
- Know what you're optimizing for.
- Make it work, then make it right.
- Manage energy for results.
- Model the best.
- Play to your strengths.
- Put in Your Hours.
- Reduce friction.
- Reduce your context switching.
- Schedule It.
- Scrimmage Against Results.
- Set a Quantity Limit.
- Set a Time Limit.
- Start with Something Simple.
- Stay flexible in your approach.
- Think in terms of a portfolio of results.
- Use checklists.
- Use focus as your weapon for results.
- Work backwards from the end in mind.
