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

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Monthly Method

Polina Bee

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Monthly Method Podcast is a show for solopreneurs, creators, and artists who have a burning desire to launch a project. The project your best life depends on. Your host, Polina Bee, is a certified SCRUM master. She brings a proven record of launching successful projects, both professional and personal. You will hear about tested techniques that lead to calm, consistency and results. Subscribe to turn your idea into reality one month at a time.

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

Monthly Method

7 minutes

1 year ago

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

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.

Link to the video version of this episode.

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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