Retrospect Yourself: Using Personal Retrospectives to Improve Productivity—TechDays Sweden

Retrospect Yourself
April Wensel
Founder of Compassionate Coding
@aprilwensel
Using Personal Retrospectives To Improve Productivity
#TDswe

N G C O D I N G
CO M PASSIO N ATE
@aprilwensel

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Emotional Intelligence

Self-Awareness: Know yourself
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Self-Management: Grow yourself

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1. Motivation
2. Preparation
3. Implementation
The Plan

”The human individual lives usually
far within his limits; he possesses
powers of various sorts which he
habitually fails to use. He
energizes below his maximum and
he behaves below his optimum.”
–William James
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”We are so busy being busy that we
don’t take the time to reflect on and ask
the questions that can reshape our
lives.”
–Larry & Hersch Wilson, Play to Win
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1. Constantly putting out fires
2. Not growing skills
3. Feeling stressed
4. Staying in an unfulfilling job
5. Not spending enough time on
hobbies or with family
http://www.government.se/contentassets/95678f8dfcea4ece916e5b7950f2260f/a-work-
environment-strategy-for-modern-working-life-20162020
50-60% work
absences in the EU
due to work stress

Can we do better?
@aprilwensel

@aprilwensel
“The best way to combat burnout
and stress...is to continuously seek
improvement in some area of your
life.”
–Steve McClatchy, Decide

Agile Retrospective
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@aprilwensel agilemanifesto.org

”At regular intervals, the
team reflects on how to
become more effective,
then tunes and adjusts its
behavior accordingly.”
@aprilwensel http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html

”At regular intervals, I
reflect on how to become
more effective, then tune
and adjust my behavior
accordingly.”
@aprilwensel

“If you don’t design your own life
plan, chances are you’ll fall into
someone else’s plan. And guess
what they have planned for you?
Not much.”
–Jim Rohn
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Professional + Personal

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• individuals and interactions
• working software
• customer collaboration
• responding to change
Agile Values

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What do you value?

”[Y]our productivity is really about
how well you are able to make an
impact on what matters most to
you.”
–Scott Belsky
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“Good plans–whether for
individuals or organizations–begin
from the inside out: what are your
values?”
–Larry & Hersch Wilson, Play to Win
@aprilwensel

"Connecting to a deep set of
values…fuels a uniquely high-
octane source of energy for change.
It also serves as a compass for
navigating the storms that inevitably
arise in our lives.”
–Jim Loehr & Tony Schwartz
@aprilwensel

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Who do you admire?
What are his or her admirable
traits?

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What moments in your life are you
most proud of?
What values did you display in
those moments?

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What would you do if you had a
year left to live?
A day?

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Mark your
calendar!

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Implementation
1. Gather data
2. Group & prioritize issues
3. Generate action items

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What went well?
What could have gone better?

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“Regardless of what we discover, we
must understand and truly believe that
everyone did the best job he or she
could, given what was known at the
time, his or her skills and abilities, the
resources available, and the situation at
hand.”
–The Prime Directive

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Self-Compassion
https://medium.com/operation-code/how-to-beat-coding-
frustration-with-self-compassion-28297333524a

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“Emotion-free
mistake making”
–Angela Duckworth, Grit

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“A growth mindset will strengthen
you when you face obstacles and
enhance your excitement when
you…achieve your goals…”
–Shawn Murphy, The Optimistic Workplace

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“More than anything else, what
differentiates people who live up to
their potential from those who don’t
is a willingness to look at
themselves and others objectively.”
–Ray Dalio

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”Pain + Reflection = Progress”
–Ray Dalio

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“I’m going to get more sleep this week.”
“I’m going to be in bed reading a book by
22:00.”

@aprilwensel
“I’m going to become a Python expert this
week.”
“I’m going to complete the first week’s
lesson in Coursera’s Intro to Python course.”

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while(!dead)
{
Exist();
}

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while(!dead)
{
GatherData();
GroupAndPrioritizeIssues();
GenerateActionItems();
GetBetter();
}

@aprilwensel
“It’s easy to sleepwalk through life, to
operate at the level of ‘good enough’….But
if we want to truly excel in our careers, we
must awaken to our own profound capacity
for growth.”
–99U’s Maximize Your Potential

@aprilwensel april@compassionatecoding.com

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