Planning & executing

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Aug 12, 2021 at 05:52 PM

I’m probably similarly revealing much about myself, but I would argue that there is a difference in the ‘disciplines’ required to

- wake up early and go jogging, and
- focus one’s mind on a specific topic while researching, especially in front of a screen.

The second may be particularly difficult depending on how one’s brain is wired. In this context, the process that you mention becomes even more important. I would go as far as to say that such a process needs to become a habit in order to be successful.

I’ve spent many hours trying out tools and processes highlighted in this friendly forum and, though less than 2% have actually worked for me (or, to be honest, I had the patience and discipline to make less than 2% work for me), those which did work became habits which have helped me move forward inumerable times.

Most tools are indeed conceptualised around some kind of process, so I fully agree that finding and documenting the process that works for one is the prime issue—hence my suggestion to Dellu to check out the Kanban Method.

I also admit that another ideal tool attribute for me is an element of fun. Interestingly, I recently read on such a tool’s blog that its development began from visual design, because “änything where we spend much of our lives should be beautiful”.

Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>I’m probably revealing more about myself than illuminating issues for
>others, but… This is really all a matter of discipline. Any process
>will work if you’re disciplined in following it. No process will work if
>you’re not disciplined. I guess the key is finding a process/tool that
>makes it easy to stay disciplined to following it. The problem with
>CRIMP (at least for me) is that it becomes a built-in excuse for not
>being disciplined.