Find the music you need to get that mountain of work done. Play it on repeat for 4 – 5 hours. Lock into it with your headphones. Play it over and over again. Get it done.
What would you do if you stopped doing everything you’re doing now for One week. If you took One week, to fix up your business, your team, and your personal progress. One week to not be tied to a sprint or delivery but to do the things that would push you forward. At my first company, we needed this for a week, we took an old app and spent the week repurposing it into a…
What happens if you paused the current sprint? The current sprint that was in trouble. That was broken. That wasn’t working. That was churning and churning with nothing to show. The sprint that was filled with bugs because requirements were missed? You know the sprint. You’ve lived that sprint. Now what if you hit pause and figured out what you want to do next, turfed what wasn’t working, kept what was, fixed the team issues…
We all have creative inside of us. We all do not know what it is. That’s the goal, find your creative, find what makes your work yours and no one else’s, and put it into everything you are doing. Your Creative Flow is what will differentiate you from everyone else, but you have to invest the time to find it and have the patience and commitment to put it into the work that you do.
Everything requires maintenance. Including your Career. And if you’re not maintaining any of it, you’re not building it, expanding it, and taking it as far as it can go. Do courses that excite you. Watch videos that interest you. If you leave it up to someone else, they’ll simply provide you with a book that tells you when to do something (but not push you to do it).