19. 1. Have a defined scope and time span.
2. Start small and fast. Break it down into
chunks, missions, episodes, or quests.
3. But have a big goal/epic quest in mind.
4. Make it public. Make it social.
5. Use existing forces, tendencies, habits.
6. Build off what you know.
7. Restart something you have left behind.
8. Make it emotional. FUN!
9. Automate as much as you can.
10. Follow the freaks.
11. It’s ok to cheat.
Project Cheat Sheet
#DesignThyself
20. 1. If you must choose, keep on doing, even
if you are having trouble documenting.
2. Practice > Perfection
3. If you can’t bring yourself to blog, write
about your feelings and why you aren’t
blogging.
4. Use procrastination time to be creative.
5. Don’t overcommit.
Some Student Insights
#DesignThyself
24. A mental shortcut that allows people to
solve problems and make judgments
quickly and efficiently.
A rule-of-thumb strategy.
Heuristic
#DesignThyselfhttp://psychology.about.com/od/hindex/g/heuristic.htm
25. 4 categories of tweets:
Inspire
Connect
Entertain
Educate
Tony Hsieh: ICEE
#DesignThyselfhttp://mashable.com/2010/04/12/zappos-interview/
26. Deconstruction (of a skill to be learned into
manageable component parts)
Identification (of likely failure points to be avoided in
early training)
Selection (of the 20% of inputs that drive 80% of
results)
Sequencing (ie. whether learning a skill in something
other than the obvious order might speed mastery)
Stakes (which are necessary for motivation in the face
of the temptation to quit)
Tim Ferriss: Meta-Learn DISSS
#DesignThyselfhttp://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2013/03/09/the-4-minute-tim-ferriss-learning-to-meta-learn-at-sxsw/
