If you ask this question to anyone they will say no. We are not too busy to grow. We are not too busy to get better. We are not too busy to learn. And yet we allow meetings, archaic processes, repetitive tasks, fires, who needs what more, it has to be done yesterday, I need it now or never and “pick your own thing that stops you from learning and growing” anecdote and put it…
At the first sound of a new meeting, there is a sigh (not of relief) but of dread. Another block of time in your day is taken up by a discussion of sorts that may or may not lead to something productive. Over the past year, we’ve been inundated with meetings that have given them the worst name than they already had before. At the first sound of a huddle, your immediate thought is -…
I’ve written on this topic before in a few places (actually quite a few times based on a quick search of this site). But I decided to expand on it a bit for a recent LinkedIn article. If you’re building software, if you want to build great software, you need to start with trust. To take from the article… Software Built on Trust starts with Development but it permeates it’s way through Product Management, Sales,…
Good. Now that you know it, let other people know. Go to any developer site and you’ll find posts upon posts about battling Impostor Syndrome – yup it’s a thing. The biggest reason that Impostor Syndrome has become such a huge thing is that there are environments that incubate this feeling of inadequacy and not being sure of what you can do to the point that it belittles your confidence. Yes we are all too…
I wasn’t able to make a recent episode of Remotely Prepared and left things to Colin Harding to run with. Instead he walked with it (bad joke, watch the episode). Seriously though, if you are looking for an episode to relax to and feel instant calm – listen to this episode. https://www.upsidedownoffice.com/podcast/walk-with-me Plus: Chickens.