As we get older, we realize how much we don’t know, how arrogant we were before enlightenment. When we are young, we think we know everything. Habit #7: Sharpen the Saw – It is important to have have a lifetime learning mentality.Two people sharing a screen, looking at the same problem together, can often be more effective, productive, and produce higher quality results than each working separately. Working together in close coordination towards the same goal can be much more productive than everybody working individually, on their own. Your message is better received when you understand your target audience. Habit #5: Seek First to Understand, Then Be Understood – In agile terms, this is user centered design (UCD), user experience (UX) design, human centered design (HCD), and practicing empathy.Happy clients who express their appreciation for a job well done boosts morale. When employees are happy and feel satisfied with their job and their work, then that usually leads to happy clients and vice versa. Team moral reflects in the customer service and pride we take in our work. Habit #4: Think Win-Win – I’ve always said that Happy Employees = Happy Clients.So, we focus on the highest priorities first so that when time and money does run out, we will have ensured ourselves that the most important things got done first. With agile, we understand that we will never have enough time or money to do everything we want. As part of the backlog grooming process, you should also be prioritizing. Habit #3: Put First Things First – In agile terms, this is prioritization.This is about knowing your destination, your strategic goals, and where you want to be. In agile terms, this is the Product Vision or the Minimum Viable Product (MVP). Habit #2: Begin With the End in Mind – This reminds me of Life by Design by Rick Brinkman.It is the proactive people in this world who tend to achieve what they seek. The most proactive realtors and salespeople are generally the most successful and well-paid. As soon as you are done with a task, you look on the Kanban board and see what is your next challenge. Habit #1: Be Proactive – This is an agile mindset.This is a summary, but I would highly recommend that you purchase and read (or listen to) the entire book. Decades ago, I read Stephen Covey’s “ The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.” It has been a fantastic guide for life and, the more I think about it, the more relevance it seems to have with agile software development and user centered design.
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