1/ PROJECT-DRIVEN PRODUCTIVITY (a chapter in ROAMforPM.com)
This is my main reason for using Roam for project management. I seamlessly switch between projects, and between the commanding heights of PM to the daily execution of task management.
Sharing my workflow.
This is my main reason for using Roam for project management. I seamlessly switch between projects, and between the commanding heights of PM to the daily execution of task management.
Sharing my workflow.
2/ This system designed on 4 truths and against 2 falsehoods.
Let me share them first, so you can implement this the way you want. Then I'll share my implementation.
Truth #1: projects are pathways towards creating a future you want. It is the craft of bringing ideas to reality
Let me share them first, so you can implement this the way you want. Then I'll share my implementation.
Truth #1: projects are pathways towards creating a future you want. It is the craft of bringing ideas to reality
3/ Truth #2: a project is a collection of work, and work is what allows us to traverse that pathway from idea to reality.
4/ Truth #3: We do our best work when System 1 & System 2 are motivated:
1: The Stallion: motivated by status, camaraderie, victory, fear, compassion, revenge, etc.
2: The Rider: motivated by meaning, purpose, transcendentals (truth, goodness, beauty)
1: The Stallion: motivated by status, camaraderie, victory, fear, compassion, revenge, etc.
2: The Rider: motivated by meaning, purpose, transcendentals (truth, goodness, beauty)
https://twitter.com/Roamfu/status/1278321043623555072
5/ Truth #4 Only the Stallion could hear the voice of inspiration, but only the Rider has a map, could read the terrain, and strategize accordingly.
(Here's the best playbook I've seen for training your Stallion to listen to inspiration.)
(Here's the best playbook I've seen for training your Stallion to listen to inspiration.)
https://twitter.com/Roamfu/status/1327193465558429696
6/ These 2 falsehoods are important to call out because they underlie many productivity systems.
Falsehood #1 You can plan how long a task takes.
On the contrary [[work expands to fill the time allotted to it]] (Parkinson's Law).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson…
Falsehood #1 You can plan how long a task takes.
On the contrary [[work expands to fill the time allotted to it]] (Parkinson's Law).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson…
7/ Falsehood #2 Your present self knows what's best for your future selves.
On the contrary, your future selves—almost always—know better than your present self (Roamfu's law hehe)
On the contrary, your future selves—almost always—know better than your present self (Roamfu's law hehe)
https://twitter.com/kcorazo/status/1284281428792848384
8/ So, here are our design requirements for our productivity system:
- It should allow listening to the Stallion, but with guidance from the Rider
- It should maximize System 1 and System 2 motivation
- It should entrust choices to our future selves
- It should allow listening to the Stallion, but with guidance from the Rider
- It should maximize System 1 and System 2 motivation
- It should entrust choices to our future selves
9/ There's a personal customization you have to consider for the implementation.
I've talked to a few folks about Stallion/Rider. It seems we each have 3 stallions.
- Duty & Service
- Freedom
- Vision
There is a different hierarchy of influence between the 3 for each of us.
I've talked to a few folks about Stallion/Rider. It seems we each have 3 stallions.
- Duty & Service
- Freedom
- Vision
There is a different hierarchy of influence between the 3 for each of us.
10/ If your White Stallion dominates, scheduling todos in advance works for you, so you are freed from having to choose what to do in the moment.
You get things done when you are given external expectations.
You often don't notice brewing rebellion from your Stallion.
You get things done when you are given external expectations.
You often don't notice brewing rebellion from your Stallion.
11/ If your Black Stallion dominates, you need to choose TODOs at the moment.
Freedom is sacred to you. You rebel against anything that feels like an imposition from your past or future selves, or other people.
You'll do tasks as long as you know you are free not to do them.
Freedom is sacred to you. You rebel against anything that feels like an imposition from your past or future selves, or other people.
You'll do tasks as long as you know you are free not to do them.
12/ If your Brown Stallion dominates, you are fueled by your vision of the future. You sacrifice today for tomorrow.
The past and the present are simply pathways to the destination: the future.
To you, it is pointless to do tasks that don't bring you closer to your vision.
The past and the present are simply pathways to the destination: the future.
To you, it is pointless to do tasks that don't bring you closer to your vision.
13/ I'm sharing this 3 Stallion model so that you understand key personal design choices in my implementation: my most dominant Stallion is Vision, followed by Freedom.
(This also means that my Rider needs to work to reign in these 2, so I can be faithful to my commitments.)
(This also means that my Rider needs to work to reign in these 2, so I can be faithful to my commitments.)
14/ My implementation of Project-driven Productivity:
- The pathway to the future are projects
- The Rider designs the Weekly Menu based on the projects
- Both the Stallion and Rider chose the day from the menu
- The Stallion picks pomodoros
- The pathway to the future are projects
- The Rider designs the Weekly Menu based on the projects
- Both the Stallion and Rider chose the day from the menu
- The Stallion picks pomodoros
16/ So instead of being a slave to my TODO list and to muses, I'm like: "So I've got a few pomodoros. Who wants to get manifested in this world today?"
I let muses and the market vie for my time. They need to both excite the Stallion and make sense to the Rider.
I let muses and the market vie for my time. They need to both excite the Stallion and make sense to the Rider.
17/ This is part of the other rBook I'm writing: "Productivity for Wild Minds: How to Use the Stallion and Rider Model to Bring More Ideas to Reality"
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18/ I'll focus on writing this first rBook first. One chapter will give an overview of the Stallion and Rider model.
https://twitter.com/Roamfu/status/1358766013215502340
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