10 Steps You Can Take To Guarantee Failure
Most of the times when we have a certain project in our heads, and it fails, whether it be something related to work or to our personal lives, it's because we did something wrong along the way.
The internet and bookstores are full of websites and books telling you how to succeed, but the following is a list of 10 steps that will guarantee the failure of any project in your life:
1. Make your goals vague
2. Make your goals difficult to visualize
3. Think and speak negatively about your goals
4. Avoid planning incremental steps
5. Don't Do - Talk
6. Wait until you are motivated
7. Don't set a date
8. List why it's impossible
9. Don't research your goal
10. Think of anything except your goal
For the list, with more details about each point, go here.
Avoid those 10 points and you should have a good chance of making your project work out.
Failure Miserable Failure Fascist America In 10 Easy Steps Ten Things You Can Do to Jump-start Success Obstacles And GoalsThis list should be sent to all project managers ;) A very good list of reminders... The one about motivations is great. If we wait for it to come, we'll never get off of our couch and work.
Posted by: Sleeplessjojo at May 26, 2006 11:43 AM-Think you can't did it,because it's you and not someone else who is a successefull person
-Make it in tunisia :-p
i would not use the world Guarantee (it's too strong), probably 'increase the chances of'. From a project management perspective (PM 101), there is no such thing as guarentee, there are however expectations, risks and risk mitigation.
Cheers
Posted by: Napo at May 26, 2006 09:55 PM