Seth Godin in his post ‘Five useful questions‘ advises us to ask some fundamental questions on our personal projects so that we address the right things and so that we don’t let us being distracted by less important stuff.
- What’s the hard part?
- How are you spending your time?
- What do you need to know?
- What is the scary part?
- Is it worth it?
Having the right answer to those questions enables us to identify which projects are really those that will make us evolve and improve.
I like in particular the questions about the hard part and the scary part. It is those parts we will struggle to address, not necessarily because they are so hard, but because they are beyond our comfort zone and usual capabilities. Still if we want to progress we need to address those and make sure we increase our comfort zone reach. This is particularly true about getting the right data and the right interactions to reach our goals.
It is really useful to interrogate our projects with some fundamental questions about alignment and whether they will effectively lead to self-improvement.
