Applying micro Agile and Scrum principles from books and other places of inspiration to our daily lives - as a way to live more on purpose, at peace and inspired!
This morning I was on a Facebook "chat" meant to help a small group of us to focus and get something done within a short hour. I committed to two things:
When I was done with my little morning routine to start my day off on the "right foot" I only had about 15 minutes left to focus on my writing task. OK, let's DO THIS! Without much hesitation I flip up a random page in one of my go-to books on Agility ("Succeeding with Agile" by Mike Kohn). With a stroke of serendipity, the paragraph I land on is about the importance of delivering "working software" within a sprint. For my mini sprint (of which at this time I only have about 10 minutes left), my "working software" is to be a useful article on how to implement this principle in your daily life. Here's what I want to ask you: How often do find yourself "busy with" something one day, and still "busy with" that same thing the next day and sometimes still the next week? The principle that Kohn is pointing us to here proposes that you get very real about what you can realistically COMPLETE in a time period (such as a sprint, or a day), and making sure that the result is something that is actually provides value (is useful). Once committed, you keep focused on the work required to deliver THAT value. Staying away from distractions. Staying focused until the work is DONE. To apply to your life, consider what VALUE you are working toward delivering (today or this week, depending on your "sprint" length). What you are going to COMPLETE in that specific time-frame that is of value to you or ensures a significant step toward something that you consider important? Ops, time's up! (in my sprint...) Hoping that this in fact provided some value!
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