September 5, 2017
That new idea you have. That new product that will make you $$$. That new process that will revolutionize the industry. That book you’ve been plodding through for years. Do you care enough about it to work on it during the weekend? If so, go make it happen. If not, it probably is not going to happen. It’s not a question of workload and overtime, it’s a question of whether you love it that much to work on it when you have a day off. That’s the Weekend Test.
August 30, 2017
Great – start with the end goal in mind. It’s not going to come to you on a silver platter. Forget all the hype, all the articles that are promoting someone else over you, all the followers you don’t have and guest posts you are missing out on. If you want it, go work for it, go make it happen. That’s all. (foot note: this post first started out as “Great – Go work for it. That is all” – it is that simple)
August 28, 2017
We don’t share the journey as much as we should. We want to figure out the 40%, the 60%, the 90% and then let people in to see how we are doing. Except we aren’t really asking for the input at that point. We’re asking them for acceptance. It’s hard to share your work when what’s in your head is much better than what’s on the screen – whether it be code, writing, artistry, the next great novel, whatever. It’s hard. But if you want to get better, faster, sooner and with feedback that won’t discourage but enhance the final
August 26, 2017
I posted a blog a few months ago about whether I needed two monitors or one and whether I could make do. I’ve now tried going single monitor on my main desktop for 2 months. I was horribly, horribly wrong – two monitors is the only way to go.
August 21, 2017
Signs that it’s time for a breakout… Your ideas and suggestions are ignored before they even begin. The path to least resistance is always taken. Change is a bad word, standards and processes are good words. There is a disconnect between your value proposition and your organization’s. Processes have more priority than people. The “Let’s Go For It” attitude has been replaced with the “We’ll get there” attitude. There might be more, there might be less, but if you’re feeling any of the above, it might be time to break out of the mould, the role, the team that you
