I did not expect this talk to hook me so quickly. Im still watching currently, and a thought that pops up for me as a freelancer, how can I employ some of these mental tricks (like for example estimating tasks by points while disregarding how much calendar time that is associated with) while also being the manager of myself? Im sure its simply be aware of the pitfalls of thinking in deadlines, to avoid “Student Syndrome”, to focus on the benefit and spirit behind this sort of goal setting.

Im thinking it would help me if I took one day a week to put my “project manager” hat on and divy up tasks for the coming week into story points, and then kept the hat off the rest of the week to keep time based goals out of my way.

Does anyone with some experience scheduling their own time using tips in the talk have any suggestions?