“The key is to embrace change, enjoy the journey, and adopt a mindset of learning and growth.” — JD Meier
Step boldly into each day, empowered to ignite your potential, rewrite your stories, and thrive in every facet of life.
The fundamental idea behind Agile Results is to “embrace change.” After all, nature favors the flexible.
And flexibility in mind, body, emotions helps you be more, and achieve more in work and life.
With Agile Results as your compass, you can pave a path of focus, flow, and fulfillment.
This manifesto invites you to explore ten principles that can ignite your potential and reshape your story.
Why did I write this manifesto?
Because I believe in the power of Agile Results to inspire and guide those who want more from work and life:
More focus, more impact, more growth, more fun.
They want to be more and achieve more.
I crafted the Agile Results Manifesto as a roadmap for those seeking to revitalize their productivity and selves.
Agile Results is not just about productivity. It’s about transforming yourself on a journey of self-discovery.
The Agile Results Manifesto
Agile Results is a simple system for achieving meaningful results in work and life.
It’s a systematic and sustainable way to achieve both short- and long-term results that works for all aspects of your life.
The key to achieving great results in an ever-changing world is learning and responding to change. Existing methods of planning and goal setting are heavy and static, and they just aren’t working anymore.
Agile Results provides fresh starts for you day, week, month, and year, to get back on your horse, and version your results, while improving over time.
The Challenge
The current and emerging landscape is one of
- “Always on.” We need a way to recharge.
- Information overload. We need a better way to filter and parse useful insights and meaningful actions.
- Shorter cycles of change. We need shorter learning loops and more effective ways to embrace and leverage change.
- Longer work hours. We need smarter ways for better days. It’s not about time spent; it’s about experiences enjoyed and value created
- Unpredictable future. We need a way to get unstuck from the way we’ve always done it and find our best way forward.
- Reactive actions. We need to respond instead of reacting, and drive towards compelling outcomes.
The Response
Agile Results responds as follows:
- Meaningful Results. Meaningful results over just doing tasks.
- Fresh Starts. Fresh starts and clean slates over burdens and baggage.
- Flexible Results. Flexible results in an ever-changing world.
- Bias for Action. A bias for action over heavy planning.
- Balance and Boundaries. Balance and boundaries over burnout.
- Scenario-Based Results. Scenario-based results over just doing “stuff.”
It’s the journey and the destination. The key is to embrace change and adopt a mindset of learning and growth.
10 Action Principles for Agile Results to Be More, Achieve More
“Be More. Achieve More.” encapsulates the heart of Agile Results.
Here are ten action principles to guide you on your transformative journey:
- Be the Author of Your Life: This principle empowers you to shape your destiny by becoming the author of your story. You have the agency to write your narrative, crafting intentional choices and embodying the person you aspire to become. Your Future Self winks at you.
- Embrace Abundance, Growth, and Positivity: Mindsets matter. Adopting abundance, growth, and positivity as cornerstones empowers you to tap into opportunities, embrace continuous learning, and maintain an optimistic outlook. You can grow better at anything you choose.
- Empower Your Week with Monday Vision, Daily Wins, Friday Reflection: Empower your week with structured intention. This rhythm infuses purpose into each day—starting strong, progressing with momentum, and reflecting for alignment.
- Start Your Day with 3 Wins: Begin each day with focus. By identifying three meaningful goals, you set the tone for purposeful action, igniting motivation and cultivating a foundation for success.
- Invest in Your Values and Your Strengths: Align your actions with what matters most. Prioritize activities that resonate with your values and leverage your strengths to maximize your potential. You choose your strengths to find your flow.
- Use Energy as Your Force Multiplier: Harness your energy to amplify your effectiveness. Efficient energy management boosts productivity, ensuring sustainable high performance across multiple domains.
- Choose Your Sustainable Pace: Recognize the value of balance. Opt for a rhythm that sustains your high performance, avoiding burnout while consistently delivering meaningful results.
- Focus on Value Over Volume: Quality over quantity. Prioritize tasks that generate significant impact, making each action count towards achieving your goals. Value is in the eye of the beholder and stakeholder.
- Start Fresh with Fresh Starts: Embrace renewal as a constant. Fresh Starts liberate you from setbacks and stagnation, empowering you to rebound with resilience and enthusiasm. Turn the page of a new day, new week, new month, new quarter, new year. And every moment is a chance to choose a reset.
- Champion Your Well-being: Success is holistic. Prioritize your well-being, recognizing that optimal performance is rooted in physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual wellness.
Imagine a World of Agile Results
Imagine a world where each sunrise is an invitation to shape your destiny.
In a world of relentless change and boundless opportunities, you stand as a champion of your own growth and greatness.
By harnessing the power of Agile Results, you inspire yourself beyond limits.
You embrace the art of thriving in the midst of chaos.
Agile Results is more than a system.
Agile Results is the mindset, skillset, and toolset for personal transformation.
Agile Results is the brush you use to paint a masterpiece of focus, flow, and fulfillment.
With Agile Results, you rewrite the script of your life, transitioning from a spectator to an empowered creator.
As the author of your life, you sculpt your identity, define your vision, and ignite your mission.
You understand that greatness is forged in the crucible of clarity.
You reject the illusion of ordinary and transform your journey into meaningful moments that matter.
Your steps are guided by the melody of personal growth, as Agile Results instills in you the never-ending ability to adapt, learn, and evolve.
You unlock your inner potential and ride the waves of change, welcoming growth as a constant companion on your journey.
You rise above the noise, crafting your unique symphony of meaningful results.
Armed with proven practices from the realms of positive psychology, sports psychology, and leadership, you ascend the pinnacle of your path of holistic mastery.
You understand that thriving encompasses all of you: your mind, body, emotions, and spirit.
With Agile Results, you transcend the boundaries of individual achievement.
You harness the power of collaboration, forging alliances that amplify your impact.
The path to mastery is within everyone’s reach from artists to athletes to leaders to achievers and, of course, the big dreamers.
Big dreams are your beacons of inspiration.
Your journey inspires others, and their victories amplify yours.
Each win, no matter how small, becomes a star in your night sky.
Setbacks aren’t dead ends. They’re steppingstones to your summit.
Challenges?
You eat big challenges for breakfast. They’re the fuel for your climb.
When uncertainty whispers doubt, your resilience roars back.
Agile Results is the lighthouse that guides you through the storm, offering the energy, balance, and focus you need to navigate the chaos.
As you weave your days with intention, you celebrate small victories, learn from your setbacks, and embrace each challenge as a leadership moment or learning opportunity and a chance to rise and thrive.
You are the architect of your destiny, and Agile Results is your blueprint for exceptional living.
You journey with Agile Results is a symphony of strategy and skill. And it is an ode to growth and innovation.
Together, we rise to new heights, lighting the path for others to find their way in the world, proving that in the grand scheme of life, it is the heart of humanity that truly prevails.
With fresh eyes and fresh starts, be more, achieve more, and write your story forward with Agile Results.
Agile Results: Ignite your potential. Rewrite your story. Thrive.