Getting in the zone is the best thing – you’re focused, and on point, things work, and nothing can fail. The question is whether you can get there when not prompted, or can you get there on your own, can you figure out a path to get to the zone when you are not prompted? Get prompted, getting told to do something to get there to get into the zone is easy, getting there on…
Try it. Just see. It doesn’t matter if you get it right or wrong, just try it and see. Because if you don’t try it, you’re never going to know what could happen and you’re always going to be left wondering what should happen to make to get there.
You can ask yourself the question, or you can ignore it and figure it out later, when it’s too late, when you don’t have time when you’re overburdened. Or you can figure out now, what you need, what will help you, and what elements will you grow. You can figure that out and then, and only then can you start learning, growing and moving forward.
Teams don’t come with Instructions, people on your team don’t either. Depending on where your codebase is at, that might come with next to nothing in terms of how things are done. Even if there are instructions, they are probably out of date, that’s because the team that was using them doesn’t need the instructions anymore, they know what to do, they know where to do it, they know what comes next, and where to…
The team needs a leader, the individual needs a mentor. You lead the team, by connecting with the individuals and figuring out what they need to buy into the vision. Some will resist, they can’t see it on the first, the second, or the eighteenth day. They have different viewpoints, different goals, and different ideas – the leader brings them into the focus of the team, not ignoring them but finding how they connect to…