Some Mondays start with a rainbow of whiteboard pens, little magnetic cards and a bit of reflection and planning.
I’m not talking about sprint planning with the team, though. This is planning for me, for my week.
I’m not talking about sprint planning with the team, though. This is planning for me, for my week.
Figuring out what things I want to achieve. Which books or reports I need to read. What personal development I’m planning for the week. Where I am when. Even down to the boring reminders of which bins to put out.
If I’m honest, my best weeks start that way. The ones where I know what I need to do. Where I whizz through loads of stuff. Where I feel super-productive.
My week is likely to be even more productive the less I plan to do: too ambitious and I’ll get far less done than if I plan just two or three things.
I can always pull more work in if I find I have the time, inclination and mental space. It’s a cross between Scrum, Kanban, and ‘The one thing’ by Gary Keller.
Another example of ‘less is more’.
What are your Monday rituals for a great week?
* And yeah, I did have the Mamas and the Papas playing on my mental soundtrack as I wrote this.
With some Monday morning planning, “every other day of the week is fine (fine)”.
Enough musing on my week: let me at those coloured pens!
* And yeah, I did have the Mamas and the Papas playing on my mental soundtrack as I wrote this.
With some Monday morning planning, “every other day of the week is fine (fine)”.
Enough musing on my week: let me at those coloured pens!