How 30 Day Sprints Help You Be More and Achieve More

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.
If I only do something ad-hoc now and then, I don’t create an effective technique. If I do a little each day, I find a way to reduce the friction.
It lets me parking lot things I want to work on. I can put something on the backburner if I know I have a way to pick it back up.
It gives me a system to build a portfolio of improvements instead of cling to one-hit wonders here and there.
If it’s daily, it becomes a habbit. If it’s something I do a few days a week or only for a week, I don’t build a routine.
It’s a long enough duration to see improvement or change approach. I wonder how many things I tried in the past for a week, then stopped because I didn’t see improvement? If I’m not getting results, I have enough buffer to change my approaches or strategies. Put it another way, 30 days gives me enough buffer to mess up.
It’s easier to buy into incremental, daily improvement versus big up front improvement or change.
I’m a sprinter by nature. While I’ve learned to pace by nurture, I prefer to put my all and do bursts. It’s when my energy is peak.

Because my 30 Day Sprints are so effective for me, I have to resist the urge to bite off too many areas at once.

In general, I try to balance between mind, body, career, financial, and relationships.

My Scannable Outcome lists help me checkpoint.

As a pattern, I do tend to focus heavily on career, but now that I see it, I can change it, if it makes sense.