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How I learned about Agile 10 years ago. Why traditional goal-setting doesn't work.
Manage episode 415271979 series 2836536
In this episode I talk about why long-term goals don't work and how we've been mislead all this time by the traditional goal setting advice. I also share my story of finding out about Agile and how it changed my approach to personal productivity.
Link to the video version of this episode.
Timestamps:
- (00:00) - Traditional productivity advice
- (00:32) - New Year's Resolutions
- (00:55) - My first job at a fast-growing startup
- (01:10) - Corporate world - how things are usually done
- (01:40) - The time the status quo got questioned
- (02:30) - Creation of Agile Framework for building software
- (03:03) - How Agile works
- (04:31) - My story of learning about Agile
- (06:29) - I stopped creating long-term plans 10 years ago
Useful links
- Subscribe to my newsletter for more frequent deep-dives into Agile life
- Recent newsletter entries
- Start Here page to see the blogposts on the core principles of Agile and how those can be applied to personal productivity
- Twitter for regular examples of my scrum board and how it looks throughout the sprint
- YouTube to 'Back to Agile Basics' type of videos
- Monthly Method School for step-by-step instructions on how to run your first Agile sprint ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
73 episodes
Manage episode 415271979 series 2836536
In this episode I talk about why long-term goals don't work and how we've been mislead all this time by the traditional goal setting advice. I also share my story of finding out about Agile and how it changed my approach to personal productivity.
Link to the video version of this episode.
Timestamps:
- (00:00) - Traditional productivity advice
- (00:32) - New Year's Resolutions
- (00:55) - My first job at a fast-growing startup
- (01:10) - Corporate world - how things are usually done
- (01:40) - The time the status quo got questioned
- (02:30) - Creation of Agile Framework for building software
- (03:03) - How Agile works
- (04:31) - My story of learning about Agile
- (06:29) - I stopped creating long-term plans 10 years ago
Useful links
- Subscribe to my newsletter for more frequent deep-dives into Agile life
- Recent newsletter entries
- Start Here page to see the blogposts on the core principles of Agile and how those can be applied to personal productivity
- Twitter for regular examples of my scrum board and how it looks throughout the sprint
- YouTube to 'Back to Agile Basics' type of videos
- Monthly Method School for step-by-step instructions on how to run your first Agile sprint ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
73 episodes
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