> “It’s a marathon, not a sprint” I learned this in 2015 from [Micah Young](https://github.com/micahyoung) at [Pivotal Labs](https://tanzu.vmware.com/labs) New York and implemented it with dozens of teams since then. Team well-being is my single go-to priority that I even practice in my private life. Hence: If I could implement just ONE SINGLE thing in my team(s) it is this: **Schedule only the following two, non-negotiable, mandatory team gatherings EVERY WEEK** 1. Iteration Planning Meeting (IPM), Monday 9:00 - 10:00 2. Weekly Retrospective, Friday 16:00 – 17:00 That’s it. Two events. IPM on Monday to plan this week’s top priority and a Retro on Friday to look back and make small improvements. Every week. **So, why these two?** 1. We have to provide a space to experience and celebrate us and our team-mates as sentient, capable and and emotional beings 2. We have to respect that makers (developers, designers, dev-ops, etc.) live and work on a different schedule than as managers and minimize the amount of painfully wasted time during meetings 3. We have to recognize that this whole sheband is a marathon, let’s optimize for creating and maintaining MOMENTUM, not burn ourselves out ourselves on SPEED