Seven Simple Rules for Producing Remarkable Projects
by
Michael Port and Hal Macomber
Remark-able
projects build your identity in the world because others are “able” to “remark”
on the project. You become known for being able to fulfill certain kinds
of offers. You might think of it as reputation building, but it goes
further. It’s also business building and "you" building. Remark-able projects are emergent. The future is uncertain therefore we can't
determine a result we can only create circumstances for navigating to a result.
The building of a business is the successful completion of one project after
another. The following 7 simple rules will help you create circumstances for
navigating to remark-able projects.
- Bring Your Passion To The Project
Passion is a
requisite for producing remark-able projects. You can’t do a project that
others are going to remark on if you don’t engage your passion.
- Work With Others
At the earliest possible moment you’ve got to bring people in as you are
developing the project. If you work with others… you will wind up with
something far greater than you could alone. If this is a tough one ask
yourself whether you are committed to having something truly great or just
getting it your way?
- Call On Your Talents
Projects are the ideal way to use your talents and natural gifts.
Remark-able projects inevitably do that. It's your natural abilities that
emerge in remark-able projects not skill, which is learned.
- Have Clear Intentions
Bring everything together – your gifts, your passions, the contributions
of others, and make a BIG BOLD promise. If you have not made a promise,
you may not have a project, just an idea and some work.
- Produce Habits Of Commitment Making And Fulfilling
Progress depends on the successful completion of promises. Create a
routine that is appropriate for the project that has people coming
together making promises to each other. The work that I promise to
complete today allows you to start your task tomorrow. The downfall of not
doing this is one breakdown after another.
- Tightly Couple Learning With Action
One of the things that keep people from getting on with their projects is
that they think they need to know something before they start, instead of
learning in action. The future belongs to the learner not the learned.
- Have a compelling story for your project
Projects never go the way you expect they are going to go! Keeping your
passion and your focus depends on telling and re-telling the story of your
project, and why it matters to you and others. Story telling is a tool of
leadership, and the way you engage others in your project. It's the way
you maintain your mood when things go wrong. Being able to articulate and
rearticulate the story of the project is essential.
Working
on remark-able projects allows you to work on your business while working in
your business and on yourself.
Michael Port is the leader of
the ThinkBIG Revolution and known as the guy to call when you’re tired of
thinking small. He is on a crusade for the success of Entrepreneurs, Free Agents
and Small Business Owners.
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