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Jul 1, 2021
Show Notes
- [0:00:49] Episode Summary | Intro
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- The Topic That Keeps us Moving & Out of Bed in the Morning
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- Being Motivated by Progress!
- [0:03:27] Progress is Essential, but...
- We sometimes forget that being busy or active doesn't always go hand-in-hand with moving the needle forward.
- It’s easy to not plan your productive time well.
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- It takes a lot of planning to do ‘deep work’ well.
- [0:05:15] The Secret SuperPowers of a Good Manager
- Facilitating & Tracking Real Progress
- Real progress has nothing to do with looking busy.
- Being aware of putting your big rocks in first.
- Rewiring How You Perceive Busy vs Productive
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- It’s a fundamental, though rewarding, shift.
- [0:08:52] What is Progress?
- Is it strictly movement over time?
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- Instead let’s consider: The right amount of better over the right amount of time.
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- You know when you’ve taken too much time for too little better.
- You know when you’ve scheduled too much better for too short a time.
- The sweet spot is always the right amount of better over the right amount of time.
- Time is a real constraint that can free us up in ways that make us more productive.
- Progress Doesn’t Mean Much Without Time Constraints
- [0:13:07] The Impact of Not Defining Constraints or the Right Amount of Better
- Lots of activity is a false security blanket.
- It’s hard to stay passionate about something over a long period of time if you aren’t making the necessary progress.
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- Working on things that never ship is a good example of this type of burnout.
- Poorly scoped work also results in this kind of burnout.
- When you do not have steady progress, everyone loses motivation.
- Most people are quite bad about predicting or estimating how long something will take to accomplish.
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- Don’t beat yourself up about that though, and while it’ll never be perfect, it gets better with time.
- As your company changes, how you do the work will change as well.
- Invisible progress is a very real thing, let’s be mindful of it.
- Focused effort will lead to results.
- [0:21:10] How to Help Your Team Establish Progress
- The Ingredients of Progress:
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- Progress is impossible to determine without clarity.
- Your team cannot make decisions without clarity, and decisions by the team are necessary to make progress.
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- Clarity also means checking in frequently to ensure everyone is still operating under the same parameters.
- Clarity enables your team to make better decisions.
- The Importance of Planning
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- Slowing down to speed up ensures better results in the end.
- All Leaders are CROs: Chief Reminding Officers
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- Constantly be reestablishing the clarity aspect.
- Do you have a proper collaborative workflow?
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- Does everyone know where the hand-off points are?
- Next Episode: The Work In Between the Work
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