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25: The Project Box
It’s funny how for any project you are working on there are often a few ‘real’ items: a couple of reference books preferred in hard copy. A PPT deck, similarly. A stack of yellow stickies from the Zoom brainstorm. A spiral notebook of outlining notes. For those of us who are still not yet 100% virtual, the project box is a life-saver. Everything for that product launch, that book plan, that sales pitch, that birthday party, goes into an individual box. Upon starting work, empty the box. Upon finishing, load up the box.
Bonus: How to Be Brilliant, the protocol.
The Tools so far:
1: The French Press
2: The Play-list
3: Notebook and pen.
4: The Egg-timer.
5: The Skipping Rope.
6: The Swiss Army Knife
7: A Wall and A Ball.
8: The 3 x 5 card.
9: Home-made Trail Mix
10: Compass.
11: The Wall Planner
12: The T- bar.
13: The Check-list.