▶️ How do I get unstuck in a project?
▶️ How do I get unstuck in a project?
Q&A: Service Design Projects
Starting a Service Design project
Starting a Service Design project
Running a Service Design project
Running a Service Design project
Managing Client Relationships in Service Design Projects
Managing Client Relationships in Service Design Projects
Here are two methods that will help you to break up with procrastination and get your project unstuck.
Natural planning.
The: "what if this was easy?" question.
Natural Planning
Natural planning is something that is taught by David Allen in his book: Getting Things Done, or GTD.
It has five steps and five questions that you have to answer.
Purpose: Why am I doing this? What are the guiding principles?
Vision and outcome: What would success look like?
Brainstorming: How would I accomplish this?
Organising: What are the components, events, sequences, and tasks? When do I do these things, and in which order?
Next action: Where do I start now?
I have these questions in a Notion template so that whenever I get stuck, I can just open the template, and all the questions are already in, and I answer them.
Usually, what happens is that already after the second question, I feel so much unstuck and feel much more motivated to get something done.
What if this was easy?
Another technique from another guy called Tim Ferriss is the question: "What if this was easy?" I find that it's a very good complement to the first method.
When you're planning a project, you want the best outcome. Therefore, you might think in a very complicated way.
The question: What if this was easy? brings you back down to earth. It forces you to think: If I would do that just in one hour, without a budget, what would I do?
This definitely helps me to get my priorities right.