1. Agile Best Self
Michaele Gardner (Connector and Catalyst)
Brian Hackerson (Be a Light)
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2. A Gift Just
For You
You
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3. One YES/NO question:
“Are you currently suffering
from job burnout?”
57.16% said YES.
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5. Self Care concepts
+
12 Agile
Principles
=
AWESOME!
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6. Agile Principle: Our
highest priority is to
satisfy the customer
through early and
continuous delivery
of valuable software.
http://agilemanifesto.org

7. Agile Best Self: Our
highest priority is to be
our best self and
enable others to be their
best selves.
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8. The 12 Agile Best Self Principles
1 - Our highest priority is to be our best self and enable others to be their best selves.
2 - Welcome change with curiosity.
3 – Build daily self-care habits.
4 - Engage your trusted circle daily.
5- Create a best self environment of motivation, trust, and support for yourself and others.
6 - The most effective way to be your better self is to be mindful and intentional.
7 – Investing time in yourself is the primary measure of progress.
8 – Prioritize “being more” over “doing more” for sustainability.
9 - Continuous attention to scientific research enhances best self.
10 – Simplicity - focusing on what energizes your best self - is essential.
11 - The best inspirations and insights emerge from like-hearted communities.
12 - At regular intervals, reflect on how to become your best self, then tune and adjust behavior
to be in alignment.
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9. Self-Care means
putting your
oxygen mask on
first before
helping others
Best Self is about
learning how to fly
the plane

10. 1
Our highest priority is to
be our best self and enable
others to be their best
selves
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11. 1
Our highest priority is to be
our best self and enable
others to be their best selves
Enable or help?
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12. 2
Welcome
change with
curiosity
<<
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13. 2
Welcome
change with
curiosity
How I disarmed the critic
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14. Time for
hands on
workshop
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15. Pick a Principle
3 Minutes
•Write Post-It® Notes
•Silence
5 Minutes
•Curiosity
•Sharing
•Debrief
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16. Pick a Principle
2 Minutes
•Write Post-It® Notes
•Silence
5 Minutes
•Curiosity
•Sharing
•Debrief
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17. Make a
personalized,
specific
commitment to
creating your
best self
1 or 2
things.
Optional:
Accountability
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18. Join our “Agile
Best Self” group
on LinkedIn to
continue the
conversation
Visit
agilebestself.com
to read more best
self stories
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19. Agile Best Self Values
Being our authentic selves over figuring out how to fit in.
Iteratively creating our next best self over following a plan.
Getting and sharing energy from like-hearted people over relying solely on self-motivation.
Mindfully adapting over prescriptive self improvement.
Based on the approach used in the Agile Manifesto for Software Development, we are uncovering better
ways of becoming our best selves by following specific values and principles. These values and principles
also help others learn our Agile Best Self philosophy.
There is a time and a place for the items on the right; however, we frequently value items on the left more.
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20. Agile Best Self Michaele Gardner
Brian Hackerson
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