A brieft description of my method to start working in something.

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João Diogo Costa
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joao.costa@jeknowledge.com

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DISCLAIMER
This is the method I use to get things done. Different people might use
different methods and find this one completely useless.
However, it works for me and I encourage my teams to at least give it
a try.
HOW TO
START WORKIN'

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Dude, where do I start, where do I begin?
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MY
TRICK IS TO
create
LISTS
for everything!
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EXAMPLE
organize a
PARTY
particulary useful for every kind of events
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FIRST LOOK
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Dude, where do I start, where do I begin?
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1' APPLY THE TRICK
create a
LIST
Party task list
General tasks
give it a
date
guests
place
food
drinks
music
NAME,
a
GOAL or
DESCRIPTION
and
POPULATE IT
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2' CREATE SUB-LISTS
create a
SUB-LIST
For every
ITEM
in the
GENERAL
LIST
Date list
Food list
Saturday 20th
Sunday 21st
Friday 26th
Saturday 27th
Sunday 28th
Tidbits
Chicken
Chips
marshmallows
Possible dates
repeat this step as needed
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Kinds of food
...

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3' FILTER BY CATEGORIES
filter
TOPICS
And create new
filtered
LISTS
Date list
Food list
Saturday 20th
Sunday 21st
Friday 26th
Saturday 27th
Sunday 28th
Tidbits
Chicken
Chips
marshmallows
Possible dates
Kinds of food
...
important!
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4' KEEP TRACK
Keep track of your lists and you'll start seeing things getting done.
Update your general list continuosly and suddenly there's
nothing left to do.
Everything
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5' BUILD A REPORT (optional)
Finally, depending on the type of your project, for example, if you're
dealing with some serious event and your project manager demands
some kind of status report, I would advise you to summarize all your
data (filtered lists with explanations, conclusions, etc...) and put it in a
descriptive document ready to be delivered to someone. Keep in mind
that this “someone” may not be involved in what you've done, so
make the document as easy to understand as possible.
Completing this step, you are creating what experts in team
management call a DELIVERABLE.
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ENJOY
THE
FREE TIME
AND
ENERGY
YOU
JUST
SAVED
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