August 24, 2020
If there is extra work to be done that can help you grow in your ambitions. Take it on. If the factor of growth is that much greater than what you are going to put in, then it is worth it. Take it on. If the Extra Work will help you grow a new project or open a new career path for you. Take it on. If the Extra Work can help you in any of the above ways or any other you can think. Take it on. It will be worth it.
August 21, 2020
I’ve been using a training site to download training videos for a number of years. The prices are pretty good and the content that the creators put out is fantastic. I’m happy to pay the price for it. However, I recently noticed that some of these prices had changed substantially. I mean 80% substantially and couldn’t figure it out. I went onto reddit and found that new users received a significant discount and/or there were randomly modulated price changes (to reduce the price by 80%). It’s too bad that users of 3+ years who have a proven purchase history aren’t
August 20, 2020
It’s good to get mad for your team. To fight for them when they are being asked to work that third weekend of overtime to get the product out the door. To fight for them in their performance and salary reviews. To fight for them to get the training they need to keep being the great executing team they are. It’s good to get angry for your team and fight for them. Not every day, not every meeting. It’s good to do this because we get angry for the things we love when we sense an injustice is being committed
August 19, 2020
It’s good to take a day off here and there. Not only to recharge your batteries but to see what your team is able to do in your absence. What do they pick up? What do they own? What gets dropped? What falls through the cracks? How many emails do you come back to needing an urgent reply? Where does the team need more support? In short, where are the gaps and what do you need to do to fill them in so you can find the new gaps.
August 18, 2020
Right now in 2020, there are more meetings happening in the world then have ever happened in the history of the world. Why? Because it’s the only medium we have left to talk with people. Or rather, it’s become the medium we default to when we need to talk to someone. We eschew random 5-minute calls because “we don’t want to interrupt someone” but a 30 minute pre-scheduled meeting won’t disrupt them? We’ve spent the last five months adjusting to working remotely, defaulting meetings that have all video streams firing consuming as much bandwidth as possible. It’s not perfect, but
