Sentences with phrase «creating smaller milestones»

I also wish I'd done a better job of creating smaller milestones that led to our larger goals and metrics.

Not exact matches

That pint - size genetic blueprint, the smallest for any known free - living cell, is a milestone in a decades - long effort to create an organism containing just the bare essentials necessary to exist and reproduce.

In recent blog posts discussed in Parts 1 and 2, Dr. Richard describes how to overcome those personality traits: seek buy - in (while avoiding sticks and carrots) and apply strategies at the outset, including: putting the request in terms of what motivates the partner, envisioning next steps, making the commitment public to the partner's peers, creating small partner groups to discuss how to proceed, explaining why the project has meaning, removing obstacles and pointing to role models, as well as recognizing success at milestones within the overall task, creating a spirit of friendly competition, showing success by others to leverage the «bandwagon effect,» circulating success stories and getting visible support from thought leaders.