Chunking Down To Workable Pieces: Warrior Mind Podcast # 160
This Warrior Mind Podcast is based on the post “Chunking Down for Personal Success.”
The purpose of this warrior mind podcast is to help you develop the habit of chunking down seemingly complex problem into the basics. To increase the clarity of your thinking by simplifying the most complex challenges
This process of chunking down has its origin in NLP. The secret of getting ahead and accomplishment is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your long, complex, time-consuming, and overwhelming projects or objectives into small, manageable chunks or tasks that can be completed in less than a day, and then starting on the first one immediately.
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When Chunking Down is Helpful
- Using the Meta Model is an example of chunking down (who, what, where specifically) — you ask your client questions to get more specific details.
- Negotiation and Mediation. Chunking down is a very useful tool in negotiations or mediation. Far too often in negotiations, we continue to explore solutions at a level of thought at which we do not agree. The key is to chunk up until you and the other person agree and then chunking down to the details only as fast as you both maintain agreement. Often in negotiation, we assume that the other person wants what we want and this may not be the case.
- Thinking Laterally. We are often encouraged to think laterally. This is not always easy to do. It is if we use chunking. To think laterally, first chunk up, then use chunking down. Example, suppose you have to take a package to a particular destination and you do not wish to use your car. To identify alternatives, first chunk up, i.e. what is driving your car an example of? One possible chunk up is a mode of transportation. Now chunking down, you can easy identify many different modes of transportation which are on the same logical level as car i.e., bicycle, horse, train, airplane, walking, etc. And you can select the mode that meets your other needs.
- Creating a Passion for Your Outcome. By chunking up and chunking down, you can size your outcomes so that they are doable and you have excitement, motivation and passion for achieving them.
- Overcoming Disinterest. Why do we get bored? Often because what we are doing does not excite us. We are mired in the details. If you have an outcome and you are not excited about it, ask yourself the question, “This outcome for what purpose?” i.e. chunk up. Get a bigger perspective or the big picture. Having an outcome and not knowing the larger purpose can be demotivating.
- Addressing Overwhelm. Sometimes we may feel overwhelmed. This can happen if the chunk size is too large. Here we need chunking down and be more specific or focus more on the details or be more realistic. After all, how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time!
- If you feel overwhelmed or do not know where to start when you think of your outcome; chunk down to be more specific and identify manageable tasks.
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