Make a List of Your Habits (Exercise)
Exercise 20: Make a list of all your habits. Once you have that list, mark every habit with “+” for a good one, “-“ for a bad one, “0” for a neutral one, and “?” for one you cannot decide…Read more...
View ArticleWhat is Quantified Self?
Everybody who uses a scale to weigh himself regularly knows quantified self on a small scale. Quantified self is the numerical measurement and controlling of your life.Click To Tweet As of now, most of...
View ArticleHow Do You Measure Value?
Measuring value is tricky but possible.Click To Tweet First of all, you should not start to measure value with money. That is wealth and can be easily measured, but in your private life you should...
View ArticleHow to Create Your Personal Dashboard
Dashboards are very good visual instruments. In this post, I give you a template for your own personal dashboards. With this dashboard you can monitor your satisfaction with various aspects of your...
View ArticleHow to Manage Your To-Dos with 6 Folders (1/2)
There are a lot of approaches for managing your to-dos and your to-do list(s). Because to-do lists are inventory, you want to keep them easily manageable. Unfortunately, most ways of doing this you...
View ArticleHow To Manage Your To-Dos with 6 Folders (2/2)
The Lean Self 6 Folders approach is one way to use Kanban for managing your to-dos. How to apply the pull principle to your to-do list.Click To Tweet Here is the routine I suggest for pulling to-dos...
View ArticleA Pareto Chart Example (with Lean Self Blog Data)
Would you like to see an example for a Pareto Chart? I had that on my backlog for some time but was looking for some data which is suitable. Last week I did an analysis of my post visits and…Read more...
View ArticleThe Luck Factor: Wealth, Pareto, Bell – a Love Triangle?
Check the video to get insights about Wealth, Pareto, Bell, and the Luck Factor. In 1906, Vilfredo Pareto made an astonishing observation: 80% of the land belonged to 20% of the people Since then,...
View ArticleCompliance and the Illusion of Control
What is worse — doing something right for the wrong reasons or doing it wrong for the right reasons? Whenever we want somebody else to do something and we are in a position of power that question comes...
View ArticleDon’t Make Assumptions
Finding the root cause for a problem starts with a thorough analysis of a situation as it is right now. Attacking the symptoms is a sign for lazy thinking. My water tap example was a little too simple...
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