November 23, 2018
To Some Day Rise Above It All
I could go on and on about everything going on in this comic book drawn by the incredible Todd McFarlane. Instead just focus on that one line – “Rise above it all.”
Articles for category: Initiative
November 20, 2018
Grow By Bugs
Or GBB for short. The best way to learn any new software package is to start with the bugs. The best way to learn about a new product is to start with the bugs. The best way to figure out what you may or may not like is to dip your fit in the water and start with the bugs. The best way to gain experience is to start with the bugs. The best part about starting with the bugs is that there are zero expectations for you to resolve them. You’re new. You’ve never worked in this area. You’re
November 8, 2018
Take the Reigns
It’s pretty easy to say – “if no one is leading, then become the leader and take control”. It’s another thing to do it. There is most likely no prescribed guidance for the situation you are in so someone talking about how they did this for that probably would not work for you. So what do you do? Take a no-holds-barred approach, kick everyone out of the room and do your own thing? Try and see if you can deliver all that work on your own? Maybe it’s not about you taking the reigns, but picking them up and showing your
November 4, 2018
Find the Right Metrics
Not social, please not social, that you need to use to up your own game and level up. Perhaps it’s how many words you write a month, how many bugs you fix or new ideas you come up with this weekend. Maybe it’s how many and of what quality books that you read. Or go further, how many classrooms you speak to, how many times you give your work away for free or time to others. Whatever it is, those are metrics that matter, those are metrics that should and need to be tracked.
November 2, 2018
Break Out of Your Rut
Ruts are places where we spin and spin in an effort go somewhere. But we can’t because we are spinning. We’re doing the same thing, over and over and over again. We can try to employ quick little fixes hoping it gets us out of the rut, but generally they all fail and we spin some more, getting deeper into the rut. The only way to truly get out of a rut is to take a step back, look at the problem from a different angle and do something completely different. You might need to take a training course, volunteer