December 12, 2017
Another post for Everyday Power Blog on the need to go jogging (or really go for any portion of exercise) when you are busy. I wrote this a few months ago, probably before I went for a run, and now I definitely need to go for one.
November 30, 2017
Are you being hired to find the problem and fix it or are you being hired to do a task that might help fix the problem? How many times have you asked what the problem is that is trying to be solved and what you are being asked to do directly to resolve it? Not an easy question to answer? “We’re growing the team and have some stuff to do.” “The next release is late and we need more help.” “I’m replacing my headcount.” These aren’t problems to be solved, these are functions to be filled. Everyone can fill a
November 13, 2017
I’ve written about this before, but it always bears mentioning again. Refocusing your efforts isn’t a once year activity, it’s a twice a month, every other month, every month, every week and today activity that you are always working on and working towards. You don’t get better by refocusing on a predefined schedule waiting for “Refocus” day to arrive, you get better by constantly looking at what you do and figuring out what and how you can do it better. Scheduling Refocus time, waiting for it to happen, to arrive, is easy, simple and without any emotion. Doing it all
October 20, 2017
Episode 8 of the Sniffing Marker’s Podcast had a lot of great content in it on finding clients. But despite our best efforts, we were still struggling with audio quality so my voice sounds like I’m in a tunnel. That’s life, that’s how it goes when you are trying to ship and make something happen and forget about it being perfect. I’m much more satisfied that we delivered vs waiting another two weeks to get it right thereby delaying delivery another week after that. Because with those 3 extra weeks, we can learn more, generate more content and keep getting
October 17, 2017
Want to win over some customers with a great promotion? Give them a discount on your current product. Really want to wow them, give it to them for free. Nothing new there, nothing you haven’t heard of before. But here’s where the onus on the company giving the discount or the item for free resides. They must support that discounted or free item just as they would if the customer bought at the regular price. If you can’t support the discounted or free item in the same way as the regular priced item, then don’t offer it. The last thing you
