September 26, 2020
The cave, your cave, is where your best work gets done. It can be anything, anywhere, any time. So find it and don’t share it. It is where your best work happens. When you need to go there, shut off every distraction you can. And get it all done.
September 23, 2020
You will mess up. It won’t be perfect. You will get it wrong. You’ll probably stumble. They might laugh at you. But maybe… You’ll learn something new. Realize where you went wrong. Figure out where you really want to go. Meet a new friend. But you’ll never know if you don’t try. Forget what could go wrong and please, just try.
September 22, 2020
We used to put a lot of effort into what someone would see at their desk when they arrived on their first day. Some getting started reading, some papers to sign, a great workstation with new equipment, perhaps a lunch out on the first day to get to know you better and of course, the flybys by the leadership team throughout the day welcoming you to the company. How much of this is still happening? And if it is how are you giving it that personal feel to it? Are the equipment and books coming straight from Amazon? Are the
September 21, 2020
It’s hard to learn something new when you see someone mastering it. You watch as they make it look so simple, effortless and without even breaking a sweat. And then you go to do it and you fall on your face. You don’t see the time they put into learning the skill. You don’t see the mistakes they made. You don’t see the tricks they learned. All you see is where they got to. It doesn’t matter how accomplished you are in your area of expertise, when we learn something new, we all go back to square 1. Things to
September 18, 2020
Here is the question we are all asking ourselves daily now that our calendars are littered with them – do we need this meeting. Worse – when we leave the meeting and have the answer – “we didn’t need that meeting”. Here is how I’m trying to break up my meeting schedule these days to get back the time to do work; Is there a problem/goal in mind that we are trying to solve? Yes, then we need it. Are you on point? If this is a status meeting (sometimes you can’t get out of them), is the meeting staying
