4 months ago
So you didn’t get everything done. And some things you started, stopped, started again, but couldn’t find the magic mix. You carried that throughout the year and it became worst this month as you looked back on things. Great, now, the year is over, write it all down on a piece of paper, ball it up and throw it out. That’s a wrap and in less than 24 hours you get to make a real dent in the universe.
4 months ago
If you’re going to put in the effort to make something better, to fix a problem, to build something new, to write a book. Don’t do it halfway. Don’t compromise. If you’re going to do it, make it worth the outcome you put into it. Make it worth every second so when you look back you know the value of what you did. Don’t confuse the success with sales, the success is the accomplishment.
4 months ago
Solutions are not delivered all at once. We lay the foundation months before, but changing how the team works. We identify what we need to research and how to solve the problem. We integrate new libraries and frameworks and develop patterns of implementation. And then we build and release dependent components and features ahead of time making sure they all come to together and function together. We build the risky first. And then when that is all done, what everyone sees and raves about? Is the final solution, delivered to your device of choice. But nothing happens all at once.
4 months ago
I never got up at 5 am to go stand in line for Boxing Day. Too many crowds, all immediate purchases, not enough browse time. I remember the first year you could buy “online” for Boxing Day – I bought a phone online before we sat down for dinner on XMAS – no lines, no early mornings, just a cup of tea and the internet. And that’s the day Boxing Day just became another day off for me to do anything else.
4 months ago
No one is watching to see how often you post, when your last update was, or what the space in between is. They are waiting to see when you are coming back. Gaps aren’t from a lack of discipline or consistency; they emerge when we are overloaded. But they don’t rule us; they just wait for them to take them back.
