Daily mindset work under Monthly Method where you look for the thoughts that make you act on your tasks from the positive emotional state
Years ago I read Tao Te Ching for the first time. What a treat! Since then, it became my personal bible. I read it cover to cover at least once a year. And every time I find something new, profound and surprisingly helpful. It helped me to navigate my first people management role. It helped …
The phrase that’s been on my mind for the past 7 years Read More »
It’s that time of year when a lot of us are thinking about new year’s resolutions. I think it’s a wonderful opportunity to think about next year. But there are some common problems that I see with the traditional way of setting new year’s goals. I decided to dedicate the rest of December to addressing …
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For this sprint, I am working on something hard and time-consuming. I have just one goal for this sprint – to create a free workshop that I will host in the near future. The workshop is about three steps that you can do in order to launch your project in three months or less. I’m …
A lot of my clients are working on launching a creative side project. I had clients launch podcasts, YouTube channels, blogs, etc. And they often ask me for advice on how to consistently come up with creative ideas. Creative ideas require you to stop consuming. Creativity is when you create something. This is the opposite of consuming. …
Let’s talk about external accountability and how it can help in achieving your goals. External accountability is the secret sauce behind so many services. Personal trainer and coaches When you hire a personal trainer, it’s not necessarily their knowledge that gives your results. The main reason why personal trainers can be so effectives is that they …
I finished my master’s degree a few years ago. It was a two-year program. I was able to finish it in 5 semesters instead of six. I later learned that a lot of my classmates had to stay longer than six semesters. That made me think about some of the strategies that helped me finish …
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When the idea of time blocking is brought to mind, one cannot help but think of time boxes that must be strictly followed. What if we instead used the idea of flexible time blocking? Well, you might raise your eyebrows, but hear me on this one. Strict time blocking for busy seasons of life In my …
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In continuation of the topic of agile concepts, I would like to delve deeper into an interesting idea that will be helpful in the workplace and our personal lives: Sprint Capacity. We will go through how it works in agile teams. Also, we will tackle how it can be implemented in our personal productivity. How …
I want to share a mind trick that I use myself when I’m starting new habits. This mind trick helps me to come back and do this activity again, therefore increasing the chances of it actually sticking and becoming a habit. Everything is hard before it is easy A few years ago I heard this …
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Building a productive habit can sometimes be a struggle. One of my previous clients asked me recently — “How many sprints does it usually take to build a habit?” I usually divide my habits into two groups. The first one involves those habits that you do on a daily basis, and the other group is …
Let’s talk about winter and how you can use this otherwise miserable time to your advantage. Let’s take a new look at winter – it is the best time to build productive habits. Regardless of where you are in the world, you certainly have a strong opinion of how brutal winter can be. Love it …
This is the method that I use when I’m in a dark time of my life. When there is burnout. When the mood is simply not there. When a regular to-do list doesn’t work me. This tool is great for when you don’t have any motivation. You’re so tired even to be thinking about complicated …
I’ve received a question from one of my podcast listeners, “What is your opinion about motivation? Is it helpful or is it just temporary?” I think it’s definitely helpful. It is temporary but my overall opinion is that the importance of motivation is highly overrated. I think motivation is a trend that is popular right …
Today, we are talking about how I’ve used Scrum principles to find a job and change my career altogether from being a supply chain manager to now being a product manager in a tech startup. This is a question that I got from one of my listeners. You can submit your question here. It took me …
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It’s been a couple of weeks since my last podcast episode. The last couple of weeks have been interesting. I think I’ve hit some sort of plateau in this journey where everything I was doing didn’t feel the same anymore. As a result, I wanted to take a break. I wanted to just observe what …
I want to invite you to listen to the interview I’ve done for the Skyward Spriral podcast. If you’re looking to listen to learn more about Scrum and some of the principles that I teach within the Monthly Method, definitely check out the interview. I had a lot of fun talking to David. And we …
Let’s talk about combining your full-time job with a side project. It doesn’t have to be a side business. It can be a hobby, a volunteering project, house renovation, etc. Something that requires a substantial amount of time on your end. Something that you wanted to do for the longest time, but just couldn’t find …
Today we are going to talk about another Scrum concept called a Sprint Retrospective. What is it? How does it work in scrum teams? Why is it useful? And how can we apply it to our own personal productivity? What is Sprint Retrospective? A sprint retrospective is a recurring meeting held at the end of …
The productivity world is fixated on building new habits. They have phrases like “You don’t decide your future. You decide your habits and your habits decide your future.” We also have bestselling books like Atomic Habits. The overall consensus is that building new habits is always a good idea. As you probably know, I love …
We are taught to set professional goals. But it’s the non-work goals that have the highest impact on the quality of your daily life. As you probably know, under the Monthly Method you set goals in 3 areas of your life: Career and Growth Health & Key Relationships The Quality of Life I came up …