Saturday April 9, 2022; 3:09 PM EDT
- I have been putting off the first step in a recent project - to review all of Ken Smith's content on organizing information for use. I did start (got through a month's worth of content), but then stopped. Why did I stop? I think my idea of what the first step should be was too big to do in one sitting (review the content and organize it). I couldn't even review it all in one sitting. I then decided to just review the content and collect the links to all pertinent posts. That felt more doable. I did finish that step (see my Github page), although it still took longer than I thought it would. How could I have continued to make progress?#
- Sam Julien wrote a post in December 2020 called "How to Finish What You Start". When I changed the first step to be a smaller scope, this was in line with one of Sam's recommendations (Reduce Your Scope). Also, executing that first step could be considered a "Tiny Experiement". I could then look at the result of completing that step and let that guide my next step. Sam Julien eventually followed this same technique to develop a number of information products, including "Guide to Tiny Experiments". #
- Based on this experience, I can see some of the next steps in my project about organizing information for use. I can also see some ways to break steps down and continue to make progress and feel good about it. Yay!#