October 24, 2024
Step 1 in Anything
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.
Articles for category: Drive
October 22, 2024
Creative Flow
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 don’t I know. But imagine if each person on your team spent the first hour of their day thinking of ways to make their job,
October 19, 2024
What Calls You?
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 see through the work to get there. Because it’s calling you.
October 17, 2024
Biking in the Rain
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 back. Biking is quite like leading a team or project, when the conditions are perfect, it’s awesome – the sun is shining, you can feel
October 14, 2024
What’s In an Options Analysis
The Options. What they are, what’s good about them, what’s bad about them – maybe what the cost is? But more importantly, it’s your recommendation – what you think and why. Anyone can come up with options, but a recommendation, a direction, a path – that’s the real reason you’re doing this – because people want to see what you’ll do when given the reigns to lead and move forward with solving a problem. The next question is whether you lead with the recommendation or hold onto it till the end. You lead with it. Ending with it means you’re