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😶 Feelings
Progress is great. But are you progressing on the right things?
Noticing your negative feelings can tell you what’s wrong:
- Misalignment between actions and values/purpose/goals
- Flaws in your strategy and execution
- Overexertion
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📈 Progress
Most systems boil down to these 3 questions:
- How much progress (relative to a goal) did I accomplish?
- What actions were effective in creating this progress?
- What didn’t work, and how can I do better?
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🤨 What to do with all this data?
- Double down on the actions that worked
- Re-alignment (if necessary)
- Experiment with ideas (and iterate)
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Your efforts will always pay off.
You'll always be paid in lessons and experience.
Introspecting your feelings, ideas, and progress helps unlock those lessons.
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How to collect these data?
- Introspect consistently (daily, weekly, etc.)
- Record them in your note-taking system
- Refer to your records whenever needed
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💡 Ideas
As you work towards your goal, you’re likely to encounter new information and perspectives.
These can spark ideas for:
- improving your quality of work
- improving your systems & processes
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Checks and Follow-ups
OKR systems tell you if what you are doing is on the right track. You would need to check-in and review yourself weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis, checking your purpose and well as progress.
The Right Example
People won’t do what you are not doing, and they won’t do what you are doing, if you tell them to do so.
You need to do what’s right, but not have any expectations. Let your actions speak for you.
Brainstorm your goals
Find your goals. Without them, it is impossible to prioritize your tasks. Try to set 90-day goals, which is long enough to make meaningful progress. Questions to prompt goals:
- What’s the one thing you could do that makes everything else easier or unnecessary?
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