• How I learned about Agile 10 years ago. Why traditional goal-setting doesn't work.

  • Apr 29 2024
  • Length: 8 mins
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How I learned about Agile 10 years ago. Why traditional goal-setting doesn't work.

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  • In this episode I talk about why long-term goals don't work and how we've been mislead all this time by the traditional goal setting advice. I also share my story of finding out about Agile and how it changed my approach to personal productivity.

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    Timestamps:

    • (00:00) - Traditional productivity advice
    • (00:32) - New Year's Resolutions
    • (00:55) - My first job at a fast-growing startup
    • (01:10) - Corporate world - how things are usually done
    • (01:40) - The time the status quo got questioned
    • (02:30) - Creation of Agile Framework for building software
    • (03:03) - How Agile works
    • (04:31) - My story of learning about Agile
    • (06:29) - I stopped creating long-term plans 10 years ago

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