I’ve chosen this week to answer a set of questions that I periodically ask myself. I’ve mentioned the questions on this blog before, but it has been a long time, so I thought mentioning it again might be helpful. Plus, I decided to roll the questions out in a different format: as a Google Presentation.
You can also view this one-sheet presentation at this link. From this link you can save the presentation as a PDF file, and there are probably other tricks you can do with it that I haven’t figured out yet.
This is a good list of questions for you to keep around, whether you print it out or save it as a PDF. Of course you can also save this post on del.ic.ious or some other bookmarking site. If you have some good questions to add to the list, please share them with us in the comments.
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I have one additional question: why ‘m I doing this or not doing this?
A lot of decisions we make are determent by the believes we live by. So before you start analyzing what you do think why.
Good comment, Jochen. Thanks for contributing!
I think this is a *great* set of questions to ask oneself on a regular basis. Thank you for sharing them!
I realize this is something of a tangent, but I just started keeping a list called “lessons learned.” It’s more tactical than the questions in your post, but I think the two might be complementary. For instance, I noted that a colleague of mine has a great way of making a point by asking non-rhetorical questions. So I’ve added to my “lessons” list the following bullet: “You can sometimes make a point by asking rather than telling.” By reviewing the list regularly, I can keep those lessons in the front of my mind and begin applying them.
I’m a GTD devotee, and I likes me my checklists.
Hey, it just dawned on me that your list of questions would be of great use as I put together the “altitude map” described in Getting Things Done.
Thanks again. I love coming to this blog as I always come away with ideas for things to try.
Bill,
Thank you very much for both great comments (and for the compliment)!
I like the lessons learned list concept. I keep a journal, half-heartedly at times, with detail at times, but it does not systematically capture lessons learned. It takes a periodic review to flush that sort of thing out. Your list is efficient and I can imagine it could be very helpful.
I just skimmed your website … I will check it out more thoroughly tomorrow, but it looks great to me! You are talented, and I love to see talented people connect to their talents and share them with people. (I believe everyone has talents, but that many do not realize what their talents are, and/or do not use them … such a tragedy).
It’s really good of you to add your insights and look forward to many more!
Bruce
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