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Quarter 1 Week 5 Update: But Now I’m Found
Here we are, by the amazing grace of the internet, back again for another update to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, accountability and productivity blog. Another week of great, nostalgic fun for me, painting up models that had sat in boxes neglected and unloved for 25 years. Let’s hope that some of…
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Quarter 1 Week 4 Update: I Once Was Lost
Welcome back, dear friends, to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly warhammer mini figure painting, accountability and productivity blog that uses business scaling methods to ensure that I get my 25 year backlog of resin, plastic, pewter and lead tiny men painted up to a standard I’m happy with before the inevitable heat death of the…
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Quarter 1 Week 3 Update: Paint Everything Green!
The road, as they say, goes ever on and on. Welcome back, fellow hobbits, to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer miniature painting, accountability and productivity blog that uses an entrepreneurial operating system to make me sit down and paint every week, by hook or by crook. A very busy real life week made me…
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Quarter 1 Week 2 Update: All That Glitters is Green
Only 1996 hobbits break the mould. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, where I am in my second year of getting my backlog of unpainted, badly painted and broken warhammer miniatures painted up to an acceptable display standard using the tools of middle management; accountability, productivity and organisation. Every week I have targets to keep…
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Quarter 1 Week 1 Update: New Year, New You!
Welcome to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer (mostly) mini painting, accountability and productivity blog in which I use a small business operating system to “hack” my fallible human motivations and get a backlog of 25 years of collected minis painted to a decent display standard. After a break from painting for the yearly review…
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Year 1 Review and Year 2 Target Setting
Well hello there. Thanks for coming. Welcome to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, accountability and productivity blog run by me, Mick. In this update we are going to look at the last 52 weeks of the year 2022/2023 and start planning for next year, 2023/2024. Please, take my hand and join me as…
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Quarter 4 Week 13 Update: It’s All Over Bar the Shouting
Welcome back to the the last, the final, the ultimate quarterly update for quarter 4 of year 1 of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, accountability and productivity blog that uses the concept of an ‘operating system’ to force me to stay on track and spend the next few years getting my 25…
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Quarter 4, Week 12 Update: The Penultimate Warrior
Welcome to this year’s penultimate (that means second-last for the more germanicly minded of us) update for Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. Seeing as this week was the second-last week of not only the quarter, but also the first full year of Hammer the Backlog, there was relatively…
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Quarter 4, Week 11 Update: Hubris, the Sheer Hubris.
Dearest of readers, welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog, where this week your beloved author learned a thing or two about hubris, and not mucking about with plans after they are in motion. Let’s get started with a look at the scorecard for this week, before…
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Quarter 4, Week 10 Update: Deadly!
Oh, hi there. I didn’t notice you coming in. You’ve just caught me writing this week’s update for Hammer the Backlog, the weekly miniature painting, productivity and accountability blog. Why don’t you have a seat there, while I regale you with the tale of week 10 of the last quarter of the year? The ups,…
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