Focus On The Why
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Ever have a tweet stick with you after 24 hours? That is what happened to me last night after reading a tweet from Dr. Brandeis Marshall (@csdoctorsister). The writer summarized the critical question one should focus on when doing a data project or any project. Why are you doing the project? Why are you investing your time?
“Before you tell me WHAT you did to the data or
HOW you achieved your outcomes tell me
WHY you are collecting the data in the first place”
I realized when I read her tweet I was doing this already. For example, with each viz challenge I do, I create a text file containing the goal for the project. Upon completing the viz, I write up the blog post; I compare my reason for doing the final result. I do this for all projects, big or minor projects. Dr. Marshall tweet made me realize the importance of not only for me to know why I am working on a project, I really do need to share that information. It is given me motivation to keep up writing my summaries, even I may be the only one reading them for now. Thank you Dr. Marshall for the extra motivation!
This one tweet by Dr. Brandeis Marshall (@csdoctorsister) provides the road map to a successful project. Why are you doing the project, then what did you do, and how did you do it. Since this is such a valuable lesson, I turned the quote into a Twitter and Instagram image post.
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