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learnteach) wrote2011-12-08 01:58 pm
learnteach) wrote2011-12-08 01:58 pm
Mojo
How does one get it back?
This is the question of the moment. While I am sick, I am contemplating an electronics project I promised to fix.
I used to get things done. Meetings, parties, electronics; long motorcycle rides, black belt, white belt, classes developed and taught; bad poetry, good inspiration...
now I go to work and try to not react badly to the management which distrusts me, work extra hours, and go home.
2 sick days show me that this existance is hollow...
time to find my mojo.
This is the question of the moment. While I am sick, I am contemplating an electronics project I promised to fix.
I used to get things done. Meetings, parties, electronics; long motorcycle rides, black belt, white belt, classes developed and taught; bad poetry, good inspiration...
now I go to work and try to not react badly to the management which distrusts me, work extra hours, and go home.
2 sick days show me that this existance is hollow...
time to find my mojo.
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1. Study the system.
2. Identify points of friction (ie, those things that make you unhappy)(I recommend you start with no more than 5 things).
3. Brainstorm how to eliminate or ease those points of friction.
4. Prioritize the "fixes". Consider what fix is easiest.. and what pain point is most prominent. An easy fix to a small pain point is silly and possibly a waste of time. Look for easy fix to big pain point.. or even an easing of a big pain point.
5. Implement one fix.
6. Goto 1. Re-examine the system in light of the one fix. Have the pain points changed? are there new pain points? What is most important to "fix"? I have a bad habit of identifying "fixes" and doing them like a to-do list without reexamining the system. This leads to me fixing things that are no longer big pain points and a lot of wasted effort. Don't be me.