October 18, 2018
So you’re not in the role you want to be in. Or maybe that promotion you fought so hard for you didn’t get. Maybe people are asking you to go into a different lane then you’re in now. Whatever it is – you’re not where you had wanted to be. But maybe it’s where you need to be to realize you should be somewhere else.
October 17, 2018
Who said you had to do everything your team is doing? Who said you always had to fall in line? Who said it’s our way or the high way? You might be on a great team or maybe a bad one – whichever it is, it doesn’t matter – all that does matter is that they never hold you back. Never push you down when you try to reach higher. Never give up on you. Never stop you from trying to make them or you better. Change is inevitable, all it needs is a driver.
October 11, 2018
Two instances today of upgrades that went sideways as of late. While running a critical program my desktop upgraded. I had to dig into the settings to force it to notify me (the audacity) when it can decide to reboot. And restart my program again, losing 8 hours of work. This process could have been tweaked with a simple pop-up – “Hey, it looks like you’re doing some work, want us to wait?”. I have other ideas, but that’s the simplest (and they know work is going on, they built the programs). The second was a request to upgrade a
October 10, 2018
Or woman. Washington knew all about it (as did Hamilton). The tune is great, but the message is even better. You need someone at your side to help you get over the mountain. You need someone to keep you in multiple places at once when you can’t be. You need someone who can zig when you zag. You need someone to grow with you. You need someone to exceed you. Face it, you need a Right-Hand Man (or woman).
October 8, 2018
Are you ever in the right mood? To create… something different? To write… something new? To code… an idea on a napkin? To draw… a picture in your head? To go to the gym? You don’t have to be in the mood to do something, you simply need to be willing to put in the time to get it done. Because if you’re looking for a chance to make a difference you’re already ahead of everyone who is waiting for the mood to strike them.
