There is a reason why deployments go wrong. Because we don’t know the order of things to be done and by whom. Deployments are commonly used for release planning and code. But they apply to everything. Knowing the steps of when something starts, when something takes over, when you start doing a new initiative – is a deployment. Know the steps to nail your next successful Deployment, leave little room for confusion.
Get there. Show Up. Appear. Sign In. Call it what you want, but physically accomplish those goals. The first step is always the same, no matter what new thing you are working on. Get there.
I came in this morning brimming with Creative Flow – ideas for posts were bouncing through my head and how to fix some persistent work problems. I could have started by doing my other work, but the pull was too great and I started writing them all down, getting them all out as fast as you can. I’m lucky because I have a job where I can do that for an hour a day, others…
What wakes you up in the morning? What makes you excited? What can pull you off of what you are currently doing? What makes you happy or brings a smile to your face? What enriches you? What pushes and challenges you? What calls you might be the end goal and the work in between is what is holding you back – but the end goal is worth it – all you need to do is…
Biking in the rain is a weird endeavor. One – biking is minimal impact to your body (unless you get hit by a car) so the exercise is good. But biking in the rain can become a miserable experience, you’re soaked, you have to be more careful and it’s hard to see. There is the option to simply not bike, but if you go one way, you have to go the other way to get…