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Define JONAH: In the world of Dr. Eli Goldratt’s TOC (Theory of Constraints, which today is considered a Law), we call an expert a “Jonah.” Why? The name comes from the best seller, The Goal — A Process of On-Going Improvement by Goldratt. The problem-solver character, the teacher of common sense throughout the book, is a college professor by the name of Jonah. Once you become trained in “The Logical Thinking Process” (TLTP, a series of logic tools to analyze conflicts) you may be certified as a Jonah. In my case, the class is three days of study and application, then a break of two days to let your brain decompress, then the final two and one-half days. Hence the trademark of Jonah3+3.

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“Timing is Everything” —Dr. Denis Waitley

let’s talk about gettingStuffDone and how i make stuff happen…
btw, think how much faster you can type if you do not use the [shift] key.

consider three components for running much faster and jumping way higher than the competition:

• mindset — is it a “moral imperative” as they said in the movie, Real Genius?
• methodology — mine is based on focus and what a mentor called “The 24 Golden BoxCars” we each get every morning… known by a lesser term: 24 hours in a day.
• tools — like the timer-tab dot com webpage and Pomodoro Technique:

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One of my goals for the New Year is to share the tools, methods, and processes that helped me accomplish a significant percentage of my goals. Well over 88% of everything that I have taken the time to put on the wall.

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In November of 1981 I began my computer consulting career. It was also the first year of ten years total of instruction at a local high school for Adult Education in Computer Information. Those first couple of years was all about the BASIC programming language. Then some Spreadsheets (Lotus 1-2-3) and RDBMS (relational database management systems). I also taught a number of Continuing Ed courses for Kent State University at Trumball and Tuscarawas campus.

In 1992 while reading IndustryWeek magazine, I noticed a book review. Not just any book, but the 2nd Edition of The Goal — A Process of On-Going Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox.

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Why Critical Chain Project Management?

by Jeff ‘SKI’ Kinsey, Jonah’s Johah

This was a great podcast today, talking about the power of a “critical chain” aka CCPM (Critical Chain Project Management) for resource scheduling over the traditional “critical path” aka CPM. In Goldratt’s world, he thought in terms of Drum-Buffer-Rope to in order to overcome delays or conflicts when dealing with Constraints (the “C” in his Theory of Constraints). Give a listen:

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Let me know.

Rather than a link, I have also embedded the LEAN Project Mgt LiveCAST (previously recorded) here as well. Do take a look and let me know what you take-aways helped your thought process:

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