agilizen agile time management strategies by ariane benefit
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Covers: - 12 ways Agile strategies differ from conventional time management strategies. - Top 5 ways we unintentionally set ourselves up for Time Management Problems - 5 Keystone Time Management Habits to revolutionize your productivityTRANSCRIPT
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AGILE TIME MANAGEMENT
STRATEGIES
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AgiliZen Time Management is the art of designing simple, agile systems
that make it easy to
allocate, reserve and protect enough time and energy for
taking care of
and enjoying the 8 Dances of Life.
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Conventional
1. Begin with End in Mind
2. Prioritize by Importance and Urgency (ABC)
3. Get as much done as you can
Agile
1. Begin with Needs in Mind
2. Prioritize using Central Organizing Principles
3. Enjoy whatever you do as much as you can
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4. Focus on outcome goals and results.
5. Schedule everything.
6. Plan the work, work the plan.
4. Trust that results emerge by focussing on small incremental steps.
5. Reserve time for everything. Schedule only what requires it.
6. Plan just enough to minimize risk and get started on first step. Iterate and improvise plans as you work.
Conventional Agile
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7. Use calendar to tell
you what you have to
do each day
8. Use To Do List to
remind you what to
do, in what order
9. Be as productive as
possible
7. Use calendar to ensure you have enough time reserved to follow through on commitments in all 8 Dances of Life
8. Use To Do list to clear yourmind so you can think strategically about what really needs doing and what can wait
9. Relaxing and resting IS productive time
Conventional Agile
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10. Seek stability and
consistency.
11. Time is wasted when you
make mistakes.
12. Make a decision and
avoid changing your
mind.
10. Seek agility and adaptive resiliency.
11. More time is wasted trying to avoid making any mistakes. Think iteratively ‒ expect strategic mistakes and build in time to learn from them.
12. Learning requires changing your mind, change it as needed. Design decisions to change as you learn.
Conventional Agile
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1. Over-scheduling time and expecting things to go as planned.
2. Under-reserving time for self-cultivation, self-care, and responding to unplanned situations.
3. Over-helping others and unintentionally interfering instead of helping.
4. Grading instead of nurturing and agilizing performance.
5. Confusing “fighting” problems with “solving” them through deeper understanding.
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Prioritizing = 1 Yes + 1000 No’s
Interested is a weak yes. Interested is NOT the same as being passionate commitment.
Too many interests drown out passions. Things and activities you are merely “interested” in are clutter hidden sources of most overwhelm.
Let interests go to make room for deep abiding Yesses that nurture your whole being and stand the test of time. True priorities and passions are like boomerangs – they won’t LET you get rid of them. They are your calling.
So go ahead, DARE to get tough. Try saying no to mere interests to discover your true passions and priorities.
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HABITS5 DAILY KEYSTONE
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