The Agile Way
“Life is a sum of all your choices. So what are you doing today?” — Albert Camus The skill of visualizing your Future Self might just be the best skill you can develop as the director of your life to grow yourself in the direction of your dreams. After all, we’re really the sum of …
Here is a Cheat Sheet of the Model for Agile Results that you can use to go deeper into the productivity knowledge that Agile Results is based on. One of the challenges in learning any space is understanding the core knowledge and cornerstone concepts behind it. Behind the Agile Results productivity system, is a deep …
“My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do.” — Francine Jay What kind of Productivity Persona are you? By knowing your Productivity Persona you can learn how to better adapt your productivity approach for the situation or challenges at hand. You can also use your Productivity Persona …
“Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.” — Franz Kafka What is modern productivity? Or, maybe a better way to put it is, what should modern productivity really be about? As I’ve been doing more talks for teams around Microsoft on the Agile Results productivity system, I’ve …
“My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day.” — Richard Branson Productivity is one of the best games to master in this lifetime. If you can master your productivity, then you win the game of work and life. I don’t think of productivity as getting more things done. I think …
“Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students.” — Cesar Chavez Student success depends on productivity skills. Agile Results helps improve student productivity and helps students become more productive. Editors Note: This is a guest post by Tom Cassidy. Tom has been a mover and shaker in …
“Just Do It.” – Nike How do you defeat procrastination and find your motivation? Just start. Just Start is a practice I introduced in my book, Getting Results the Agile Way, because I wanted a simple phrase and a pithy reminder of how to find your motivation and take action. I wanted a very simple …
“Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, add what is specifically your own.“ – Bruce Lee You too can have a zero mail inbox, if you choose to. I chose to go zero mail in my inbox when I first joined Microsoft years ago, and I’m glad I did. With a single glance, I …
“Email has an ability many channels don’t: creating valuable personal touches–at scale.” — David Newman Today I helped a colleague clear their inbox. I’ve kept a zero mail inbox for a few years. I forgot this wasn’t common practice until a colleague said to me, “wow, your inbox doesn’t scroll.” I didn’t learn the Zen …
“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.” — Anotole France Now’s a great time to pick your dreams up, blow the dust off, and get ready to make them happen. Your can make this month all about getting results in key areas of your …
