The Six Million Dollar Man was a 1970’s TV series where a crashed test pilot was fitted with bionic parts which made him “better, faster, stronger than he was before”. When he used his bionic legs, things went into slow motion – along with the bionic theme. As a kid at the time we used to play at going bionic.
I got to a situation over the weekend where I was mumbling to myself over what to do next on SALTT. Not so much being stuck for choice, but rather stuck for too many choices: should I debug, work on the financials, make the instructions on how to use SALTT clearer?
Having just reviewed Brian Tracy’s ‘Eat That Frog’ a paraphrase of his words rung in my ears:
‘What one skill, if I developed and did it in an excellent fashion, would have the greatest positive impact on my career?’
My way of thinking about this was what is the one thing I should concentrate on next that will propel SALTT the fastest and the furthest? In other words, how can I go bionic?
The actual details don’t matter for this blog (it was about ringfencing some funding), but it became apparent that my priority course of action was to consult with an accountant (I’ve just set up the appointment).
In terms of using SALTT, the “Accountant” topic had already been entered and was of a “Can Wait” status. I have made the topic icon much bigger and set the schedule for the appointment for tomorrow. Furthermore, I’ve empashised that I should sort out my spreadsheets today, so that I can ask the right questions.
The order of the next things to do after that depends on the accountant’s recommendations. But I have indicated, through resizing the topic icons, the contingencies that will provide the best propulsion. I am racing to get the MVP out to expert usability testers and need to write the guide, but I also assume that quite a bit of financial jiggery-pokery might be needed. Adjusting the sizes of the topic icons is giving me a clear roadmap of where this is leading.
However phrased, it is valuable to ask: how can I go bionic today?
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