July 23, 2024
That little green icon means nothing. It doesn’t measure what matters. Your value Your Input Your contributions Your suggestions Your ideas Your innovation It measures whether your screensaver has kicked in or your mouse is moving. Don’t let a mouse movement become your master, if you need to step away from your computer to work out a problem on a whiteboard, do it and become better for it.
July 21, 2024
No. Not everything scales. Don’t confuse good work, great work, amazing work with the need for mass production scale. Scale is good for widgets, but not so good for creating unique value.
July 20, 2024
Everything works better with a tuneup. When was the last time you had yours? The last time you tuned up your tools? Your team?
July 19, 2024
I love debugging. Press F5 and walk step by step through everything you have just created. It’s awesome. Could you imagine debugging your life – pressing F5 and figuring out what is wrong with you? “Oh looks like you had a huge lunch and are now tired.” “Trying to do too much and need to slow down or drop something” “You’re stuck in an infinite loop because you can’t solve that problem” And on and on and on (that was fun and maybe a topic for another blog) but right now what you need to focus on is your team.
July 16, 2024
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.
