Goals…As Waves?
I'm a musician and engineer. I was educated on waves. I'm also a productivity nerd with a healthy interest in goals. So when I came across this article in my archives, I decided it needed some more exposure. It presents goals as waves.
Project Getting Bigger? Don’t Let Scope Creep Derail You
Have you ever worked on something and something comes up that results in added work? Your project is getting bigger. It's a condition in IT we call "scope creep". We'll talk about what it is and what to do about it today.
Closing Projects and Resistance: Life Reboot
Closing projects isn't just about making a decision. There are specific things you will need to do, and you might get pushback from those involved. As a software developer, I understand how to close projects down. If I didn't, I would still be supporting hundreds of applications at this point, instead of moving on. And sometimes the process of closing projects down leads to resistance, both internal and external. As I wrap up my current client project (I've been here 10 months), I am going through this process. But it's not just about my work projects - I had to do the same process and watch for the same pitfalls when I was closing projects for my life reboot.
Get Back On Track By Rebooting My Life
Sometimes the best thing you can do to get a computer back on track is to reboot it. The same concept to get back on track can apply to life. Here's how. A few weeks ago I was feeling overwhelmed. It wasn't a new thing, but rather something that had been going on for months. I felt like I was juggling everything, things were dropping, and I didn't have time to deal with a crisis that came up. I was getting exhausted and resentful.
Theme Words: An Easy Way To Keep Yourself On Track
What would you think if I told you that choosing and seeing a single word to represent what you hope to accomplish would make an incredible difference in your progress toward your goals? Theme words will.
Projects: Getting Started With Productivity
It’s a simple word: project. Yet it’s a loaded one. Projects are defined as anything that has more than one step to massive undertakings that need multiple people and charts that span multiple sheets of paper. Most of us are not on that last part of the scale. And honestly, treating a simple project to the full blast of project management is overkill. Believe me, I’ve tried it. I wanted to put my project management training to the test. And what I found is that personal projects are always much simpler and require less “management” than one might think.
