What are they? Do you even know? Do you have expectations on how everyone should behave and act in what they are doing? Do you know what your role is going into your next meeting? If you don’t have expectations of yourself, you cannot have expectations of others, start simple. Be Ready – Arrive on time, mic/speaker, all audio working. Know your role – Am I giving an update? Keep it short and simple. Am…
When you’re doing the work you love, you don’t need breaks. The work flows, it pours from your fingertips. Whether it involves meetings, discussions, or work. It flows. There is no need for breaks. But when you don’t enjoy the work, you might find you’re taking more breaks than normal – maybe because you’re bored, not happy, challenged or fulfilled – but you find yourself taking more breaks. And then nothing gets done.
When starting a new project it’s almost as though you need someone standing over your shoulder going – “Smaller”. And then you make things a bit smaller. And then they say – “Focus it down more” And then you focus your intent a bit more. And then they say – “Get rid of the extra and minimize it.” And then you take away all the bells and whistles. And then they say – “What’s left…
Spin is generated by motion. Motion takes movement (obviously). Movement is generated by taking one step forward, not looking back, not worrying about the stumbles, and just moving forward, one step at a time. You can’t reverse spin, it can slow down, it can falter, but it always picks up again, if you let it. But it starts with motion (obviously), which is the execution of an idea (which doesn’t require motion, which is not…
When they were smaller, you didn’t know you were having them. When you started using chat, you didn’t realize how much faster and simpler they made your life. The first time you had a call with more than two people you marveled at how much you got done in such a short time. When you got together to discuss a topic, a point, a problem – you didn’t need to write copious notes and have…