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Modern Mentor

519 - How to Document Big Projects (So You Can Repeat Them Easily)

Modern Mentor

Macmillan Holdings, LLC

Careers, Business, Management

4.3720 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2018

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Policies and procedures can be easy to write. Just use a diary to know what happens when. Read the transcript at https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/productivity/learning/how-to-document-big-projects-so-you-can-repeat-them-easily Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows: www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts FOLLOW GET-IT-DONE GUY Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GetItDoneGuy Twitter: https://twitter.com/GetItDoneGuy

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0:00.0

This is Steve Robbins.

0:02.0

Welcome to the Get It Done Guys, quick and really tips to work less and do more.

0:10.0

Since time immemorial, philosophers and holy men have debated.

0:13.7

What separates humans from animals?

0:16.5

Some say its language, some say morality, and some even say love. But you and I, dear listener,

0:23.4

we know the truth. What separates man from animal is that we, and we alone, have policies

0:29.3

and procedures. From the Ten Commandments all the way to the joy of cooking cookbook,

0:34.1

we love to write down how we do things in our charmingly naive belief that

0:38.3

other humans are just sitting on the edge of their seat waiting to receive our great wisdom.

0:43.3

In reality, of course, there is self-absorbed as we are, and they only pretend to listen

0:46.6

so that they can start sharing their wisdom at the first available opportunity.

0:50.8

But there is someone who genuinely does need our wisdom and needs it in a big way.

0:55.0

That's our future selves.

0:58.0

To market my Get It Done groups, I have to put together an email launch.

1:02.0

That's a series of emails that go out to my email list and they just tell people how awesome the groups are

1:06.0

and how they should sign up immediately so their lives will be full of magic and unicorns and fairy dust.

1:11.1

Yay!

1:12.8

Plus, everyone will respect them.

1:17.9

They'll become instant trillionaires, and they will find Mr. Miz Ziz Right, or at least Mr. Miz Ziz right now.

1:20.2

There are three email lists that I send to the get messages, and each list needs a separately

1:24.1

written series for three to four emails.

1:26.2

Each email must be tagged, so the

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