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

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

Update: 2024-04-29
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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.

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

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

Polina Bee