Goals?
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A quick talk on continuous improvement I threw together for BarcampPhilly 2013 in response to Scott Adams' remark that "goals are for losers" in http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304626104579121813075903866. See the "Notes" tab for more context in my presenter notes.
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Goals?
- 1. Goals
- 2. lose 10 lbs
- 3. hire 25 people this quarter
- 4. $16k in revenue by September
- 5. Write a book
- 6. how do goals make you feel?
- 12. http://blog.jenniferdewalt.com/post/56319597560/im-learning-to-code-by-building-180-websites-in-180
- 13. systems?
- 14. methodical
- 15. uncomfortable
- 16. feedback
- 17. thinking only in terms of goals is for losers
- 18. goals in your back pocket
- 19. thank you (and a small request)
Editor's Notes
- I’m Chris Conley - Software engineer at Monetate and CTO of a failed startup last year So goals - whose had goals similar to these in the past?
- Constant state of failure because you're short of your goal - then what happens after you reach goal?
- I’ve had a lot of failures over the years - they’ve been pretty disappointing But I’ve started to think about them differently lately My failed startup last year hurt, but now I’m at an awesome company learning a ton - the startup last year doesn’t seem like end goal anymore - it was just setting me up for the next thing - and my current job is setting me up for the next thing. Maybe I’ll try to found a company again? Along with my experiences and other people’s observations and examples of people finding success by doing things a little different recently and a fuzzy idea is starting form in my head I want to show you these observations and examples, talk a little more about this fuzzy idea - then maybe discuss it ?
- * He was on a plane next to a CEO of a company that made screws - he offered the career advice to once you get a new job - start looking for a new one that was the CEO’s system This was the first time Scott had the realization that he should have a system, not a goal His system was: * Scott idea was to make something the public wanted and was easily reproducible. By design, all of his efforts were long shots. He understood that. Every day he felt more capable even through the failures. he also made it a point to observe people with systems vs goals - and very scientifically believes that “goals are for losers”
- another way of saying systems vs goals is continuous improvement
- other source of advice was Dan Siroker of Optimizely at Startup School When you're trying something new, it's inevitable that you're going to make mistakes. You’re going to miss your goals. The only rational option is to learn and improve from those mistakes Continuous improvement ---- In everything, software, marketing hiring - it’s a different mindset
- Then I started to notice this kind of stuff in other successful people: Nathan barry is a successful ebook author - $200k in revenue I think Everyday
- Jennifer built 180 websites in 180 days to learn how to code - crazy
- what is it that all these people are doing? they’re focusing on systems or continuous improvement, but was is it?
- can be habits, but don’t have to be - emphasis on slow - it’s not going to happen tomorrow
- if you’re not pushing things, then you’re not going anywhere
- do I don’t totally agree with Scott Adams that goals are for losers - you need some direction - you still have needs and wants
- you have a goal or two right? keep them in mind - but get there out and find a system that works for you
- This presentation is part of one of my new systems methodical - putting together informational talks every few weeks at work - and here at barcamp uncomfortable - i hate presenting feedback - It wouldn’t be very fair if I told you these three things work if I didn’t do them (so please send me your feedback)