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42. Keeping Score Write While True

    • Technology

As I mentioned in the past two episodes, I'm trying to write a short book, and I want to share the process as I'm going through it. For example, to help me structure my time, I'm using the book The Four Disciplines of Execution.







In the last episode, I shared how I'm applying the second discipline. I defined an activity that I could do every day and a lead measure, a metric of that activity, that I could have as a goal for every week.







The idea is that if I constantly achieve this lead measure, I believe that the larger goal will be achieved. My weekly goal is to spend at least one hour a day on five different days working on the book. It's a goal that resets every week. That way, a bad week doesn't derail me. Every Monday, I have a chance to try to win that week. But I have to remember to do it. Keeping this lead measure top of mind is what the third discipline is about. And that's what I want to talk about next.









Write While True Episode 40: Let’s Write a Pamphlet







Write While True Episode 41: The Lead Measure







How I am applying The Four Disciplines of Execution









Transcript

As I mentioned in the past two episodes, I'm trying to write a short book, and I want to share the process as I'm going through it. For example, to help me structure my time, I'm using the book The Four Disciplines of Execution.







In the last episode, I shared how I'm applying the second discipline. I defined an activity that I could do every day and a lead measure, a metric of that activity, that I could have as a goal for every week.







The idea is that if I constantly achieve this lead measure, I believe that the larger goal will be achieved. My weekly goal is to spend at least one hour a day on five different days working on the book. It's a goal that resets every week. That way, a bad week doesn't derail me. Every Monday, I have a chance to try to win that week. But I have to remember to do it. Keeping this lead measure top of mind is what the third discipline is about. And that's what I want to talk about next.









Write While True Episode 40: Let’s Write a Pamphlet







Write While True Episode 41: The Lead Measure







How I am applying The Four Disciplines of Execution









Transcript

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