The Rule of 3 is a simple concept. Think in three’s. The Rule of 3 helps us deal with information overload. It’s a simple way to set limits and chunk things down.

1. The Rule of 3How To Apply the Rule of 3 to Life J.D. Meier

2. Agenda What is The Rule of 3? Why Use The Rule of 3? How To Use the Rule of 3? Examples

3. What is the Rule of 3? Set a limit of 3 things. Group things in 3’s.

4. Why Use the Rule of 3? Setting a limit of 3 makes it easy to focus and prioritize on meaningful results. Grouping things in 3’s makes them easy to remember and repeat.

5. How To Use the Rule of 3 Think in 3’s: 3 results for your day. 3 results for your week. 3 results for your month. 3 results for your year.

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9. Example – Add The Rule of 3 to Your New Year’s Resolution Ask yourself, “What are the 3 most meaningful results I want for this year?” Before Drop 20 pounds. After (The Rule of 3) Get to my fighting weight. Take an epic adventure. Finish my book.

10. Test Yourself What are the 3 key results you want to accomplish for today? What are the 3 key results you want for the year? You should be able to say the 3 things you want to accomplish for the day without looking them up. The more you do it, the easier it gets.

11. Key Take Aways Use The Rule of 3 to help you focus and remember key things. Use The Rule of 3 to identify 3 outcomes for the day, the week, the month, and the year. If you already have a To Do list, add 3 key outcomes (not activities), to the top. Use The Rule of 3 to design your day and drive your day.

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13. About J.D. Meier J.D. Meier … Principal Program Manager on the Microsoft patterns & practices team Focus - Software Development, Project Management, and Effectiveness Research, author, run teams, and ship stuff 10+ years deliberate practice in “best practices” 750+ software architecture and design reviews As a hobby and passion, I study success across Microsoft up and down the chain. Key Projects (Blue Books and Software) Blue Books for Microsoft (Technical Books) Application Architecture Guide 2.0 Improving Web Services Security (The WCF Security Guide) Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications Team Development with VSTS/TFS (The TFS Guide) patterns & practices Security Engineering Improving Web Application Security (Threats and Countermeasures) Improving .NET Application Performance and Scalability Building Secure ASP.NET Applications (The first Microsoft “Blue Book”) Software / Tools Guidance Explorer (“ITunes for Knowledge”) Practices Checker (“Building Codes Inspector for Software Best Practices”) Blogs J.D. Meier on MSDN (My Microsoft Blog): http://blogs.msdn.com/jmeier Sources of Insight (My Effectiveness Blog) - http://SourcesOfInsight.com 12 Guidance Explorer

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