October 13, 2024
This is a cool word. It means “to move or climb quickly but with difficulty”. The last part is what makes it cool. Everyone can move fast but are you willing to do it against difficulty, hampered, being held back. We see it sometimes as an extension of “Scatter” which is to go in a variety of ways all over the place but it’s not even close. But when we Scramble, we’re fighting against the barriers to get somewhere and not giving up.
October 12, 2024
What is the Problem that keeps you up at night? The answered question. What is the Problem you Need to Solve? (Not the one for your job, or school or for anyone else). What’s the problem, that you personally Need to Solve?
October 10, 2024
What do people love about the work you do? Have you ever asked them or are you coming up with that list on your own? Ask them. What do you like about what I do? This isn’t about you getting validation for what you do or feeling “awesome” about yourself (although it is an awesome side effect). It is about you hearing what people like (maybe asking what they don’t like) and realizing where your potential talents truly lie. Yes, you are a great developer, but your ability to lead teams and disseminate requirements is what we LOVE about what
October 9, 2024
Over the summer I had an office flood followed by construction going on outside my window. The home office was no better with roadwork being done. I couldn’t stop the flood. I wasn’t about to tell me not to do work on their house or on a building I don’t own. But I did go buy some amazing noise-canceling headphones that blocked out the bulk of the noise and let me work. You can’t control what everyone else around you is doing, but you are in full control of your own response.
October 8, 2024
I want to start my day with a tea each day. That one is easy to accomplish. I also want to go for a run or bike, these are harder to accomplish. Each week I try to do a bit more. To accomplish this, I’ve made sure that the routes don’t change, the paths get worn down, and the same equipment is worn. They aren’t there yet, but the patterns are forming, falling into their familiar structure of ruts and grooves that keep them inline and make it harder to fall out of line of them. Find the pattern, repeat
