Name: Should You Be Doing That? by Bill Snodgrass (Music and Podcasts)
Duration: 4 min 36 s
Description: Life is full of decisions. When you are faced with one and you are not sure if you should do it, what do you do? There are three questions you need to ask yourself before you decide to take any action.

Decision making needs to take into account the consequences. What do you think about this?

So, does using agile project management to organize your life really work? It can!

A student approached early last week and showed me a list of all of his assignments for all of his classes. 

"Do you think this is a good idea?" he asked.

I replied, "Absolutely! You have made a list of all the things you need to do. Now, just organize them from most urgent to least. Put things due today at the top and then order them in the order they need to be done."

Later in the week, I asked how it was going. He reported that it was great. He said he had less stress knowing what all he had to do and could attend to things in an orderly way.

This is a perfect example of using the agile approach (whether or not you use the agile words for it). Education was a project that was part of his life. The assignments were the sprints he needed to complete in order to have success within the project. Taking time to make and organize the list was his scrum meetings.

The words you use to describe the process are not nearly as important as the process. But however you describe it, this guy in my class had the right idea.

Organizing your tasks and knowing what needs to be done in what order is a great start reaching a satisfying, peace-filled life. 




#motivate #motivation #inspire #happiness #peace

Album Title: SNAPlife Podcast by Bill Snodgrass

The Agile Life: A Real Example

At last, we come to the end of this collection of thoughts regarding using the agile project management system to organize and optimize your life. Truthfully, we diluted the full power of agile in this series and bent some of its principles a bit. But, it is an approach—a vocabulary in the least that, if utilized indeed can lead to better living.

Beginning with coming to understand our purpose… our why-behind-all-other-whys… we can divide our life up into some number of major projects. Some of them are on-going, such as managing our household and our relationships with family. Others, like career development, have discrete steps that can be completed as new ones come along.

With our life organized into some number of projects, we then devise the sprints that need to be completed so as to make progress on those projects. Some are routine and repeated, like paying the bills on time or checking emails. Others are once-and-done, such as finish the class in XYZ that is part of our career project.

All of the sprints for all of the projects are then organized into the burn-down list(s). Those needing attention first are prioritized over others. Some sprints lead to the discovery of other sprints along the way. And routine, repeating sprints show up on the list daily, weekly, monthly… regularly.

Each day begins with a scrum meeting with yourself. (And maybe others?) Decide what sprints must be completed that day and what steps must be taken to see that they are done. As a sprint is finished, check it off the burn-down list (or move it to its place in the list when it next needs to be done).

The daily scrum meeting puts a plan to your tasks. They are not just things on a list. They are things that have to be done that day and are arranged in order by clock and priority. 

Wrapping up each day reflecting on what was done sets up the next day's scrum meeting.

Using ideas from the agile project management system can help you organize your life and lead you to more fulfillment, peace, and satisfaction.



#motivate #motivation #inspire #happiness #peace

SNAPlife Podcast by Bill Snodgrass

The Agile Life: Final Thoughts

Another cue/sting for a video intro. Check out the "Mythics with Friends" videos on my World of Warcraft YouTube channel: Let's Play WoW - Bill Snodgrass

Branches

Mythics With Friends II (Instrumental) - Bill Snodgrass

You are not special. Sorry.

Well… okay… everyone is special. But the harsh reality is that, once beyond the compulsory school age, no one cares about all your specialness. 

Okay… so your friends and family will care.

But, if you run your own business, your customer does not care how hard it was for you to do whatever it was they hired you to do. They only care whether or not you did what you were supposed to do in the time you were supposed to do it in, and whether you did it well or not.

Your employer doesn't care if you are bad at math. They care whether or not you gave back the right change or if you balanced the spreadsheet numbers. They don't care if you are not a good speller. They care if your presentation is RIGHT. 

So, conceding that everyone is special, the harsh truth is that…

What matters is whether or not you do what you are supposed to do when you are supposed to do using the right tools and materials in the right way and that the outcome meets or exceeds expectations. 


#motivate #motivation #inspire #happiness #peace

You're Not Special

What if you did a time signature that fused 3/4 and 4/4 (polyrhythmic)? Well, when I tried, it was this!

Twelve By Four And Three (Instrumental) - Bill Snodgrass

A definite blues influence here! This que has "b roll" written all over it.

Muddy Four By Four (Instrumental) - Bill Snodgrass

If you listen close, you might hear the 70's calling for this que to come home!

Key Concepts (Instrumental) - Bill Snodgrass

Slides ground the que hard into blues roots!

Just Sliding By (Instrumental) - Bill Snodgrass

Gear Up In 60 (Instrumental) - Bill Snodgrass

I was thinking… What would happen if you mixed a variety of world instruments into one song?

Big World United (Instrumental) - Bill Snodgrass

Life is full of decisions. When you are faced with one and you are not sure if you should do it, what do you do? There are three questions you need to ask yourself before you decide to take any action.

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Bill Snodgrass produces the SNAPlife podcast with inspirational and motivational content, plus an occasional musical experiment, as well. Everything produced is grounded in life-lessons and adding meaning to life.

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