Honeydew — what works

So how do you set expectations for stakeholders? When are we going to be done? When should we stop working on something? It’s hard to admit that the answer to this question can feel subjective: we stop working on something when we’ve made enough progress to feel satisfied. This means we have to define what result will satisfy us. Maybe we’ve agreed

Waiting until you have the whole system perfectly figured out to get started This is perhaps the most common one, and the most problematic, especially among perfectionists. It’s understandable to feel anxiety and fear when embarking on such an important undertaking.

That’s why so many of the books focus on organizing and scheduling the work – they assume you have no problem with the doing part.

Perfectionism makes essential projects hard to start, self-doubt makes them hard to finish, and trying to do too much, too fast, makes it hard to sustain momentum.

Getting started was the hard part. Like getting into a cold pool: Once you’re in, it’s fine. It’s getting in that takes motivation. In fact, when you think about it, we need to be motivated for only a few short moments. Between those moments, momentum or habit or unconscious focus takes over. I write a weekly column. Does that take discipline? Sure

So I’m asking, What is the change I’m trying to make? And, Who’s it for and what’s it for? And then I ask things like, What’s the medium that will help it get there? Is it a blog post, or a talk? Or is it a book? What box does it fit in? Once I’ve tried to answer those questions then I jump in. Starting a new project is like jumping into a swimming