You can stare at the ceiling. You can roll down a hill. You can walk in circles. You can throw a ball in the air. You can mouth syllables from your mouth in odd ways. You can make that annoying sound that no one likes but you. You can stare at a tree and think about leaves. Free time isn’t meant to be productive, it’s not meant to achieve something, it’s different than practice, learning,…
On where you are. On how far you have come. On where you are going. On what it will take to get there. We all need these moments in life to recenter ourselves, appreciate how far we have come and what is up next for us, and get ready for it. Take the Moment
How fast is the system? How many hours did you work? How many bugs are still open? How long is the Sprint? When can we ship? How many tickets are closed? How many users can we handle? It’s all a numbers game, the value, your value, is providing the context around those numbers so the numbers are not taken at face value for what they are outside of what you are doing. And if your…
Even though our knees are designed to bend, we are often reminded to bend them. Get lower, extend your center of gravity, become more balanced, be prepared to fall. Everyone’s shaking their heads in agreement – yup, that makes sense. But how often do we do it? Not enough. Because getting there consistently, requires constant practice, constant reminders, and constant focus. But it’s an easy thing to do.
Leading a team. Testing Code. Writing Code. Building Requirements. Yes it gets tough and is never easy and there are good days and bad days, but this is what you signed up for because outside of the bad days there are always going to be good days, great days, and yes gooderer days (seriously that’s a word Grammarly). This is what you signed up for, push through the bad so you can get to the…