A few days ago, a client checked with us about a rather complex project. We knew the technology, and while I was reasonably confident that we would be able to do it, I also wondered about it. And so I asked our Tech Guru about it. Claudian is this cool, calm, composed person, who's almost always smiling.
He looked at me like I was asking a stupid question. And responded with, "Of course we can. Don't you remember we did the original work that got us a patent with a team that was half as competent as our current team and we knew even less than half of what we now know."
And I thought back and tried to figure out what it was that allowed us to get complex tasks done, by a rookie team, while we ourselves weren't much better than the rookies. It stuck me that what we kept doing was "tiny bits". Our goals were always very small and seemed achievable and the team too was comfortable with such tiny goals. And as these small tasks built, before we knew it, the complex solution was ready and working.
And so when I came across a talk by B J Fogg, I could relate to it. More importantly I realized that while we had used some of those techniques in our development, I had not made good use of them in my personal life.
Forget big change, start with a tiny habit: BJ Fogg
The concept of using an existing habit as a trigger is so simple, yet powerful. And I've already started using it. I've always wanted to interact more on the social media, and yet did not. One thing that I did use a lot was my phone, to check mails, messages and WhatsApp messages. I plan to look at either Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, SnapChat or Facebook, every time I pick the phone to check my messages.
So if you see me a little more active on the social media, you know why.
He looked at me like I was asking a stupid question. And responded with, "Of course we can. Don't you remember we did the original work that got us a patent with a team that was half as competent as our current team and we knew even less than half of what we now know."
And I thought back and tried to figure out what it was that allowed us to get complex tasks done, by a rookie team, while we ourselves weren't much better than the rookies. It stuck me that what we kept doing was "tiny bits". Our goals were always very small and seemed achievable and the team too was comfortable with such tiny goals. And as these small tasks built, before we knew it, the complex solution was ready and working.
And so when I came across a talk by B J Fogg, I could relate to it. More importantly I realized that while we had used some of those techniques in our development, I had not made good use of them in my personal life.
Forget big change, start with a tiny habit: BJ Fogg
The concept of using an existing habit as a trigger is so simple, yet powerful. And I've already started using it. I've always wanted to interact more on the social media, and yet did not. One thing that I did use a lot was my phone, to check mails, messages and WhatsApp messages. I plan to look at either Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, SnapChat or Facebook, every time I pick the phone to check my messages.
So if you see me a little more active on the social media, you know why.
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