Too many of us spend too long getting things done and not enough time learning from what we’ve achieved (or not). This is tragic when you can review your results in two simple steps and dramatically improve your future performance.
Imagine this… You’ve just finished your work (your day, your project or your week) and you’ve got the result you want – great!
However, if you just stop there and go off to celebrate or jump straight into your next task, then you’ve wasted a big opportunity.
One of the key things we do every week in Project Done is to review your results. We do this in two simple steps.
The first way we review your results is black and white. (We actually use Red or Green dots in Project Done – red = stop, green = go). Essentially we want to say:
This is important. We want to be black and white about the results we produced. We want to own our results. No fudging, no lying, no messing with your results.
We also want to be very clear about what caused our results.
This is our chance to check in and find out what works and define it in a way that we can use again in the future. This is the key to continuous improvement. You do want to get more done with less effort in the future, right?
In contrast to our black and white results, you want to also review your results as a story or an insight into how those results were produced. We want to ask:
We want to learn from our efforts. We want to avoid one-hit-wonder results. We want to be able to produce predictable, reliable results.
We want to improve our performance over time – these simple two steps to review your results will help you do that.
Our story or insight might look like this:
Essentially, you’re asking: What worked? Or, what didn’t?
To recap, review your results in two simple steps:
What is the key to a meaningful life? Is it money or happiness? Or something…
What’s the easiest way to write a personal manifesto? Is it a List, Motto, Purpose,…
I wrote my personal manifesto in under 10 minutes. Here’s how I did it. Ready,…
What is a Personal Manifesto? And how can you use one to empower you life?…
How do you write a five-star personal manifesto? That’s an easy question compared to this…
What’s the best way to write a personal manifesto? I’ve been collecting and studying thousands…