Setbacks are minor disruptions in our plans to try something new. Blowbacks are the unintended consequences when someone comes down on us because our plan didn’t work. Setbacks are not equal to Blowbacks. We have the choice to recover from Setbacks, Blowbacks we have no control over (so stop worrying about them).
I have my favourite tools to do building projects with. I don’t even know if I always need them, but when starting a new project, I always bring them. And eventually, I need them. They are the old stalwarts that never fail. Similarly, the tools I write and code with don’t change much anymore. I’ve tried a variety of tools but they generally all come back to the same ones. I drift back because they…
When you’re building a house, you can’t change everything as you’re building it. You can’t just start adding rooms without having a foundation to support them. Once the plumbing is installed, you can’t move toilets and showers, and bathrooms altogether. If you started off with a 3 bedroom plan, going to 5 is going to be a challenge to build something with all the same amenities. That’s how it is, you have a plan, a path,…
If you’re delivering your work and leading your team. Don’t worry about the things you miss. Focus on what it does and how your team is doing. You don’t need to have the flashiest presentation to look the best if you aren’t delivering anything behind it. The optics always take care of themselves.
Why are you attending meetings you don’t value or get anything out of? If you don’t value it, if you don’t provide any value to it is it worth your time? It’s not a bad thing to say you are not contributing to a meeting and leave? That’s not being bad, that’s being upfront, and that’s showing that you care about your time and what you do. Meetings don’t need 11 decision-makers in them, and…