6 Questions to
Change Your Life
Peter Stevens
Kharkiv PMDay
Workshops

Meet Peter Stevens
“Mr. What Really Matters”
HB-DGI photo courtesy of Hervé Girard

When were you first asked about your life?
What do you
grow up?when you
want to be

When were you first asked about your life?
Who do you
grow up?when you
want to be

When were you first asked about your life?
Who do you want to be

When were you first asked about your life?
Who are you?

When were you first asked about your life?
Who are you?
What you
do

When were you first asked about your life?
Who are you?
Whoyou
are
What you
do

This was my life

What if you could be the person you wanted to be?

The challenge
of getting
things done
Focus &
Knowing when
to say No
Six questions to
change your
life
Let’s pretend for a moment that you can…
Let me show you how you used Agility to do it:

Do any of these sound familiar?

I can’t get started!
Photo by Pedro da Silva on Unsplash

Source: © fotolia.com
I have
too
much to
do
but not
enough
time to
do it.

Isay‘yes’totoomany
things.
Source: © fotolia.com

Source: https://imgflip.com/memegenerator/57445655/Juggling-Meme

The question is not will you say no, but
How will you invest your capacity?
Capacity
Demand
“to do’s”

By stretching yourself to thinly, things slow to a crawl
Demand
“to do’s”
Cap
acit
y

Speed comparison
This is you working on one thing at time
1 week

1 week
Speed comparison
This is you working on five things at once
1
2
3
4
5
20 weeks

By stretching yourself too thinly, things slow to a crawl
Demand
“to do’s”
Cap
acit
y

By stretching yourself to thinly, things slow to a crawl
Demand
“to do’s”
Cap
acit
y
Waste
Stuff That
Matters!

Impact means doing what matters
Stuff That
Matters!
Waste
Capacity
Demand
“to do’s”

Focus &
Knowing when
to say No
Let’s pretend for a moment that you can…
Let me show you how you used Agility to do it:

To get the right things done,
master three basic skills
Doing Work
QuestioningSetting Priorities

Scrum defines a role to address each aspect
Solves the Problem – Development Team
Voice of Common Sense
Scrum Master
Voice of the Customer
Product Owner

Head, Body and Heart
must cover all three Doing Work
Body
Questioning
Heart
Setting Priorities
Head

The objective is to say “yes” to what matters
Demand
“to do’s”
Stuff That
Matters!

Stuff That
Matters!
The objective is to say “yes” to what matters
and ignore the rest!
Demand
“to do’s”

What makes it difficult to apply these principles to your
situation?

Imagine you’re the captain of a
sailing ship…

What happens if you are
caught in storm?

Your Life is the Ocean…

Your Life is an Ocean…
and Personal Agility is your GPS

You are the captain of your ship!

Six questions to
change your
life
Let’s pretend for a moment that you can…
Let me show you how you used Agility to do it:

6 Questions of Personal Agility
Stuff done,
Closer to who
you want to be
Celebrate & Choose
Who you are,
What you did
3. What
could I do
this week?
5. What do
I want to
get done?
1. What
really
matters?
Do
4. What is
important,
urgent or 😀?
6. Who
can help?
2. What
did I do
last week?
🎉

Visualize on your Priorities Map

Summary: How to change your life
Every week:
Ask yourself the 6 questions of Personal Agility
Visualize the answers on your Priorities Map
Your answers guide you to do what matters

“This really works”
Hartmuth Gieldanowski

What did you do last week?

I turned my life around (and my business)

What benefits are people reporting?
1. Focus and Clarity
2. Gateway to Agility
3. Rethinking priorities / Alignment with self
4. Beating Procrastination
5. Feeling better about themselves
6. Reducing Multitasking
7. Simple questions lead to deep insights
8. Able to say yes to the right things
9. Able to set and achieve long term goals
10.Better relationships with spouses and family

How do you figure
out what really
matters?
Photo © leonardo viti - Fotolia

How do you figure
out what really
matters?
• Ask yourself
Photo courtesy Andre Mouton@unsplash

How do you figure
out what really
matters?
• Ask yourself
• Look at how you
spent your time
Photo courtesy anja_r @unsplash

How do you figure
out what really
matters?
• Ask yourself
• Look at how you
spent your time
• Look at how you
plan / must / want
to spend your time
Photo courtesy yuki dog@unsplash

How do you figure
out what really
matters?
• Ask yourself
• Look at how you
spent your time
• Look at how you
plan / must / want
to spend your time
• Eureka Moments
Photo courtesy Niki Sanders @unsplash

How do you figure
out what really
matters?
• Ask yourself
• Look at how you
spent your time
• Look at how you
plan / must / want
to spend your time
• Eureka Moments
• Listen to and
strive to understand
your stakeholders
Photo courtesy Isabella Jusková @unsplash

Personal Agility is
A Simple Coaching
Framework
An Attitude Towards
Yourself
and Others
A Simple Leadership
Framework Based on
Unifying Purpose

Our goal is to inspire you
to transform your world

Get a FREE copy of the Personal Agility Guide
And a FREE 1-HOUR Training
https://cutt.ly/PersonalAgilityPeter

Your questions?
• peter@saat-network.ch
Photo © leonardo viti - Fotolia

• This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-
NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
• Some images are subject to copyright.