January 6, 2021
I’ve written about this before, but it bears mentioning, for so many reason. If you are going to start something new, don’t fall into the trap of dipping your toe in to see if the temperature is right for you. In short – the temperature will never be right, it will always be a bit too cold or a bit too warm. Eventually you need to jump in, fully submerge yourself to make the impact you’re looking to make.
January 6, 2021
Everything we work on is geared to towards completing a – thing. Some code. A test. A book. A report. A meeting. An email. The list is never-ending as we work to complete that “thing”. And once you complete it, the rush is on to get it done faster with phrases like… “Well now that we know what we’re doing.” “We’ve done this before.” “This should go faster now.” Unless you’re manufacturing widgets or cogs on an assembly line it doesn’t. Every line of code is different, every piece of work you start is different, every client you have is
January 5, 2021
We all have that backlog of projects that we never finished. But were they really projects? If it started as an idea did you ever do any of the following? Write it down? Create a plan of attack? Start coding or writing? Look at how it works? Set some milestones and deadlines? Share it with people? Talk about it outside of your own head? If you never did any of the above, then it was an Idea and not a Project. That means its never been started. That means its not unfinished. That means its ready and waiting for you
January 4, 2021
We all have a collective shelf of unfinished projects that stare at us or mock us from afar when we take on a new challenge. “Really? So this one?” Now you’re going to do it? C’mon? Whatever the moniker, it mocks us and holds us back from starting something new and from there two things happen. One – we don’t start the project and instead look over at our old stuff wondering if we should finish it. Two – we start, but because we have that mocking voice in our head, we don’t go all in, we go half in
January 3, 2021
Maybe you didn’t set them on the 31st or the 1st or the 2nd, but come the 3rd, you’re wondering if you should do them. In theory a resolution makes sense – “I resolve to do better at X” or “I resolve to not do Y anymore” – or whatever other variants lie in between. What we fail to miss, is that resolutions are like streaks and creating a new habit – the more you show up, the easier it is to accomplish – BUT, you don’t do it all at once. If I wanted to climb a mountain, I
