The simplest path to getting rid of distractions, focusing on the work you need to do, and feeling good about it afterward is right in front of you. Pick a time, start the timer and don’t stop until it beeps.
We all aim for the lines to intersect on a Burndown, and if we’re doing it right they intersect in the middle. The goal of course is to start with what you work on and finish it by the end of your sprint. The problem with Burndown charts is that if you add work, they don’t change, the math is the same as any history says – you add more work to do in a…
If you want to reap the benefits in four months, you can’t start the week before, the month before, two months, or three months before. They’ve done the math, they know the equation, and there are no shortcuts, it’s a simple matter of working backward and starting from the date you want to deliver on. That’s the first part. The second part is doing the little bits, the daily tasks, each day, that will make…
The hardest thing, whatever it is you do, is trying to find your style. Whether it’s drawing, writing, coding, biking, exercising, building, fixing, leading, coaching, or juggling (the list goes on forever and ever in anything you do). But rooted in everything you do, is your style, it’s no one else’s, it’s yours only. Not everyone will agree with it, they might think it’s weird or off, it might not line up with their style.…
If you don’t get your work done in a week… we can’t add the eighth or ninth day… all we can do is try again the next week, starting again on Sunday or Monday (in my case, the week always begins anew on a Thursday). The same with Sprints – once you set the duration – that’s what you’re working within in – if you do or don’t get it done – that’s part of…