The Climb is arduous, slippery, rocky, fraught with danger. The Climb doesn’t care whether you make it or not, it’s there for you to do what you will with it. The Climb doesn’t care about what threats come your way – whether the weather gets worse or better, whether they’re predators waiting to strike at your weakest moment. The Climb doesn’t care how prepared you are – whether you have a jacket, an extra pair…
You can apply for any job. Post any comment. Send any email. Tag them. But what will always win is the follow-up. “Did you get my application?” “Did you want to discuss further?” “Got time for a coffee?” “Can I send you my portfolio?” The follow-ups won’t get you to the top; they might not get you anywhere, but they will get you further up in the list. It’s possible you might annoy people and…
There is the work you love to do. The work that you have to do. And the work that you need to do. There are all different layers of work that you have to get done in a day, week, or month. The work you love to do might be to dig that hole in the backyard. No one is asking for it, but who doesn’t love to dig a hole? The work you have…
I recently had my jet pump “stop” working. I didn’t know where to look as I had never had this happen, and had to go find the fix on the Internet. To give you an idea of what I was contending with, see the picture below. From there, I still had no idea how to configure this thing to start working so then I had to go check out this video (which was immensely helpful…
When you have others asking you to finish work by a certain date, the timelines are imposed upon you. You can complain about them being too tight, but the fact remains – you have a timeline to finish your wor,k and people are depending upon you. Set the timeline for yourself, and only you are depending on you. Oddly enough, despite our anger, it’s when others depend upon us that we push ourselves harder to…