Coaching practices for Agile Results Jd Meier

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

  • Every week I hit the same walls and learn nothing
  • I get to the end of a packed day having ticked off a hundred little things and still can’t point to one that actually mattered
  • My weeks get hijacked by whatever lands in my inbox first thing Monday, and by Friday I’ve just been reacting the whole time
  • My to-do list just keeps swelling with everything that could be done, and with no clear picture of what "done" even looks like at the end, I have no way to tell what actually deserves to be on it.
  • I keep staring at the big result hoping it moves, but it’s out of my hands day to day

Practices that may help

  1. Getting Results the Agile Way (AGS), Made Practical
    J.D. Meier’s Agile Results (also called Agile Getting Started or AGS) is a time-management framework built on a simple rule: name three outcomes at the day, week, month, and year level, and focus your effort on completing them. The Monday Vision / Daily Outcomes / Friday Reflection rhythm is a practitioner structure grounded in goal-specificity and reflection research, not a formally studied protocol.
  2. Run a Friday Reflection
    Each Friday, review what you accomplished, what you learned, and what you would do differently.
    Getting Results the Agile Way (AGS), Made Practical
  3. Name three outcomes each day
    Before the day begins, write three concrete things you will accomplish — not tasks, but results.
    Getting Results the Agile Way (AGS), Made Practical
  4. Set a Monday Vision each week
    Every Monday, name three outcomes for the week before the week’s reactive demands crowd them out.
    Getting Results the Agile Way (AGS), Made Practical
  5. Think in scenarios and stories, not task lists
    Describe your ideal outcome for a period as a short narrative before breaking it into actions.
    Getting Results the Agile Way (AGS), Made Practical
  6. Identify and act on lead measures
    Focus daily behavior on lead measures — the predictive actions you control — not lag measures you can only observe.
    The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX)
  7. Map your Hot Spots to see where you invest your life
    Define the key life areas (Hot Spots) that matter most and allocate attention across them intentionally.
    Getting Results the Agile Way (AGS), Made Practical
  8. Run the smallest test that can answer the question
    Shrink your experiment so the feedback cycle is fast and the cost of being wrong is low.
    Plan–Do–Study–Act: Deming’s Loop for Personal Improvement
  9. Measure results, not activity
    Track whether you achieved the result, not whether you were busy — the two are not the same.
    Tony Robbins’ Rapid Planning Method (RPM), Made Practical
  10. Identify and track your critical numbers
    Find the two or three metrics that, if managed well, predict overall health — and make them visible to everyone.
    The Rockefeller Habits: Scaling Up with Rhythm and Focus

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