There is a force that pushes you to create your best work. Whether it be a habit, a process, a warm-up, a song, a mantra, whatever – it is the force that pushes you, when you are down or need a kick to create your best work possible. It’s not about being in the zone, it’s about getting started. Find that force and harness it, protect it and reproduce it. Because while you are doing…
We all have edge cases in our deliveries, as such, we need to account for them. But that is as far as it should go, accounting for them. We don’t need to have all the answers, we just need to have a way to account for them. Each edge case and exception will be different so all we need to do is know what to do when they pop up. You can’t plan for tomorrow,…
I get this hunger that starts gnawing at me now and again to go and try something completely different. Go learn a new platform. Go figure out a new way to exercise. Try out a new planning tool. Pivot your approach to clients. Try a different writing style. It doesn’t always work out perfectly or go smoothly, but I always come out that much better for having put the time into learning something new and…
We come up with processes, systems, and patterns daily in an effort to get work done. To improve our lives. To simplify our delivery. To make things easier. To generate more value from what we are already doing. To show us where we need to improve. If at the core of whatever process you are building, does not meet some or all of those goals, then the question must be asked – what are you…
There is a direct correlation between news events and call spam. When the pandemic struck, there were many calls I started to receive for owed money (from fictitious departments… c’mon guys put some effort into it). Now that borders have opened between countries I am getting calls for packages I have ordered waiting at the border (maybe it’s that ruler I ordered four months ago). The point is, if your business is entirely driven by…