The Agile Way
“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 …
“We grow by dreams.” — President Woodrow Wilson When it comes to goals, it helps to know how some of the best achievers in the world set goals. One such high-achiever is John Maxwell. John Maxwell is an internationally recognized leadership expert, speaker, and author. And, one of his specialties is turning dreams into reality …
“Success today requires the agility and drive to constantly, rethink, reinvigorate, react, and reinvent.” — Bill Gates As leaders are learning how to be more Agile and how to improve agility in their organizations, they look to User Stories. Leaders are discovering how User Stories are a powerful way to prioritize and focus. The power …
“No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.” — Voltaire With New Years, coming, I think it’s a good time to remind you of a technique you can use to increase your success exponentially. It’s 30 Day Improvement Sprints. If you have a goal in mind that you seriously want to nail, then 30 …
Why 30 Day Sprints? I get asked this often enough that I think I should distill the keys: I can commit to something for 30 days. Starting something without an end in sight, can be daunting. It helps me deal with the now. It’s a timebox (a chunk of time) to deliver value to myself. …
30 Day Sprints may just be your best friend as you start your new year. You can use 30 Day Sprints to learn new skills, build or change habits, and amplify your impact. They provide a simple way to apply concentrated effort in batch to accelerate your success. Why 30 Day Sprints If you know …
Planning is about mapping out the results and the work to get there. It can be at the macro-level, such as a project plan, or it can be at the micro-level, such as planning your immediate activity. The key to success is keeping your plans lightweight, flexible, and focused on outcomes. Inflexible plans break when …
You mindset is your frame of mind or your state. Your mindset and motivation together can dramatically impact your ability to produce results. When you lack motivation, you aren’t going to make things happen. When your mindset is working against you, it can be distracting, draining, or limiting instead of supportive and enabling. Your ability …
Goals are your guide for results. Technically, a goal is the result you want to achieve, while objectives are specific and measurable checkpoints along the way. Your goals should be relevant and meaningful for you. If they aren’t compelling, you aren’t going to see them through. The keys to effective goals are clarifying meaningful results. …
