Comments on: 30 Day Improvement Sprints

By: Start Your Year in February

Start Your Year in February — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:36:42 +0000

[...] make the most of my months, I use 30 Day Improvement Sprints, a practice from Agile Results. I pick a theme for the month, and I do a little something each [...]

By: Sweeping - Sources of Insight

Sweeping - Sources of Insight — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:26:26 +0000

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By: A Year Of Self-Improvement « Thousand Insights

A Year Of Self-Improvement « Thousand Insights — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:07:51 +0000

[...] a comment » Based on J.D. Meier’s 30 day improvement sprints, here are some self-improvement areas for 2009 (not in any particular [...]

By: Sources of Insight » Blog Archive » Improvement Frame

Sources of Insight » Blog Archive » Improvement Frame — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:17:58 +0000

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By: JD

JD — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:15:18 +0000

@ Success Factors

Nice quote! Maxwell is among my heroes.

Great point on branching out. I think that’s where Bruce Lee’s guidance kicks in — “Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, add what is specifically your own.”

By: Success Factors

Success Factors — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:04:34 +0000

Have you ever heard the John C. Maxwell quote, “A good leader learns from their mistakes. A better leader learns from others mistakes – and successes.”

I think this illustrates your “success leaves a trail” remark quite well.

Anyway, I have been using “champions” as a way to improve myself for quite some time. They provide inspiration and a method. However, one of the main mishaps is following a champion too closely. Once you get to a certain point, you need to branch out and do your own thing.

By: JD

JD — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:29:52 +0000

@ Louisa

They’ve helped me a lot. In the past, I used to dabble in a bunch of things at the same time. Whatever I was working on, I worried about what I wasn’t working on. Now, I just make a thoughtful choice each month of what will really get my focus.

In one of my improvement sprints, I ended up roller blading more than 15 miles a day, simply by adding a lap each day.

In another improvement sprint, I had some amazing results from testing a living foods diet.

Each month is a new chance at bat at something old or something new.

By: Louisa

Louisa — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:03:14 +0000

30 days seems just about right. It gives you enough chance to really focus on something and not too much in case you need to change your strategy.