Agile: Getting Buy-In From Your Children
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Be sure to join Your Agile Home over at for free (and exclusive!) content. You can support this podcast here: The number one question I get is: how do I get my family to buy-in? Getting children to buy-in is the easiest thing you will do because they will love being asked their opinion and their feedback. The importance here is the follow-through. You have to actually take your children's input and feedback into consideration.
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Agile: Getting Partner Buy-In
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Be sure to join Your Agile Home over at for free (and exclusive!) content. You can support this podcast here: This can the hardest buy-in to get because your partner already has a way of doing things and may not be open to new ideas. Don't try to implement any new software. Don't take on more projects than you can realistically complete. Make your first sprint smaller than you think it needs to be.
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2 Ways to Use the Pomodoro Method
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Be sure to join Your Agile Home over at for free (and exclusive!) content. You can support this podcast here: 2 Ways you can use the Pomodoro Method 1. The traditional Way Set a timer and get to work. I use . I set it to Pomodoro and work til the break and take a stretch before getting back to it for the second cycle. 2. The reverse Pomodoro You do something fun for the longer stretch of time and then get something done in the shorter stretch of time. This is great for days when you have the blahs.
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How to Manage a Team Member with a Negative Attitude
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You can support this podcast here: Today, we are talking about how to manage team members with negative attitudes. Listen, we've all dealt with them before. Heck, I've even been a team member with a negative attitude. It's no different at home. Here are my tips for managing it. 1. Make space for bad days 2. Ask how you can help them have a better day 3. Ask someone else to help them attack the problem 4. Use positive reinforcement 5. Go do something you'll both enjoy
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New Tool: Commit30 and Habit Tracking
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Remember you can support us at: Occasionally, I like to try new tools so you don't have to so that's why I want to take a minute today and talk about the Commit30 journal. I was having trouble with habits. Honestly, I can assure you that motivation just wasn't enough. I needed a planner that was going to hold me accountable. I had tried to do it digitally, and it wasn't working. My brain just needed something that was more tangibly. I'm very glad I went with the Commit30. In January, I tracked meditation, and I was successful for all 30 days. In February, I tracked my protein shake and...
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Where to Keep Your Backlog
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You can support us at: Patreon.com/youragilehome youragilehome.substack.com Your backlog is a place to keep a list of all the projects you want to do in your home. Today, we talk about a few places you can store that list. 1. Trello - great for visual learners 2. Click up. **Affiliate deal here**** 3. Google Sheets/Excel
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A Sprint Planning Example
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You can support this podcast at: patreon.com/youragilehome youragilehome.substack.com I get a lot of questions about how we plan our sprints. The basics are: We break down the tasks and determine how long it will take. Recently, we decided to install a pot rack over our island. We determined it would take 2 sprints each equalling 2 weeks. We planned out the steps that would take place in each sprint. Planning, measuring, cutting, assembling, hanging, sanding, painting, etc. Steps 1 - ?? happened in sprint 1. The rest happened in sprint 2. Then you have a completed project.
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10 Ways to Invest in Yourself
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SIGN UP: Investing in yourself is vital, and I've been trying to do a lot of it during this pandemic. Have you been investing in yourself? Here are some ways you can invest in yourself: 1. Set up a space for you 2. Get Organized 3. Hire a coach 4. Start a side hustle 5. Play a brain game 6. Find a mentor/be a mentor 7. Boost your health & wellness 8. Prioritize your self-care 9. Take a class 10. Read a book
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My Winter Self-Care Basket
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Sign up to make sure you don't miss any Your Agile Home Content Winter is a time that can be difficult for everyone. So what's in my winter self-care basket? First, I'd like to remind that a self-care basket is a basket or a couple of baskets where you keep the things you need for self-care located together in order to make sure you have them available when you need them. My winter baskets include [contains affiliate links meaning I make a few dollars if you click the links and purchase. It helps support this podcast] Minecraft Minecraft Dungeons My Time in Portia TikTok What do...
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Our Favorite Educational Toys
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Be sure to join Your Agile Home over at for free (and exclusive!) content. We love playing games in our home and educational games and toys are especially our favorites Some of our favorites: [Includes affiliate links] Coloring Books Minecraft Epic Books Homer ABCYa Atlas Mission
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New Years usually brings on discussions about goals and goal setting, but how do you set Agile goals?
We need to be continually making progress towards our goals, whether the goals are big or small.
Make sure to evaluate your progress at the end of the sprint and make adjustments in your plans as you're moving forward.