3 Ways to Get a Difficult Project Completed Easily
Have you ever had to complete a project that you just didn’t feel like doing, but you knew it was critical to your success or the success of your company?
Let’s talk about three tips you can try to help you knock out those projects, and most importantly, have fun doing them. #1: Work in short sprints. Many times, we have an idea in our minds that a project is going to be overwhelming. But we can get over that scary notion by breaking the project down into short work sprints. Make these sprints brief enough that you're very confident you will complete one in 20 minutes or a half hour, then plow through it. Shut off the cell phone and rid yourself of distractions. Close your office door. When I do a sprint, I shut everything off. I get my music pumping, and I don't stop working unless the building's burning down. A few of these sprints later, we often realize everything is easier than we thought, and we can see the light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak. #2: Reward short-term goals. Secondly, to make a project more fun and more doable, you need to reward short-term goals. I’m not talking about goals that your manager or your boss gives you or the big goals pertaining to your own business. I'm talking about small wins. For example, I will work for an hour on something that may be I don't really enjoy, but I know it needs to be done. I will look forward to finishing that unpleasant task so I can work on the next task that I really love to do, or I will reward myself with a cup of coffee or a scone. And I tell myself, this is a reward for plowing through something that I did not want to do. Or, I'll call up one of my close friends to have coffee or beer and toast my success along with me. It’s always fun to tell someone you care about that you completed a benchmark you set for yourself. Little triumphs like these keep us more motivated with positive reinforcement and inspire us to keep going.
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