Make a List of Your Habits (Exercise)
Exercise 20: Make a list of all your habits. Once you have that list, mark every habit with “+” for a good one, “-“ for a bad one, “0” for a neutral one, and “?” for one you cannot decide…Read more...
View ArticleHow Many Chaotic Islands Do You Have?
Living on a tropic island is a dream for many people. Living with chaotic islands, on the other hand, can be a nightmare. A Chaotic Island is a seed of disorder around which more chaos grows.Click To...
View ArticleDo a “Red Tag Session.” Do It Now.
Exercise 26: Do a “Red Tag Session.” Do it Now. Remember my last post about chaotic islands? I shortly mentioned the red tag concept. The idea is simple: items that are not regularly used in a work...
View ArticleDo an “Unused Inventory Removal Session.” Do it Now.
Exercise 27: Do an “Unused Inventory Removal Session.” Do it Now. If you did the last exercise, there should be a lot of items and places marked with red tags. Take a time-out of twenty minutes from...
View ArticlePareto in the Kitchen
Welcome to the third post in my mini-series about learning and the Pareto Principle. In this post I will share some thoughts about cooking and how to learn it. If you have read my posts about language...
View ArticleIf Your To-Do List is Empty, there is No Fun
Recently, a reader of this blog made an interesting remark, which is the title of today’s post. It actually made me wonder: how happy are we if our to-do list is empty? And how full can it be until...
View ArticleA Pareto Chart Example (with Lean Self Blog Data)
Would you like to see an example for a Pareto Chart? I had that on my backlog for some time but was looking for some data which is suitable. Last week I did an analysis of my post visits and…Read more...
View ArticleWhat You Can Learn about Lean from the Game “Flappy Birds”
“Flappy Birds” is a Lean game. It delivers value (fun) to its target group (casual gamers) with minimum effort (game play and production cost) at a price accepted by the market (zero, if you do not...
View ArticleHow I Got Rid of My T-Shirt Collection
Do you take home t-shirts from your vacation or from special events? Then maybe you have an awesome collection of shirts. My advice: get rid of it, it is inventory waste. I did not use most of my...
View ArticleThe Two Ugly Faces of Waste
Recently, while as was standing with my bike at a red traffic light, I had time for some thoughts about waste. I did not think about any special type of waste.[1] Just the word “waste” itself was what...
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