June 5, 2019
Instead of thinking about what’s Next, what you should have done better or what others are doing, put your feet up. Laugh at what went right. Smile at what went wrong. Appreciate how far you’ve come and what you delivered. Pat each other on the back for a job well done. There will be many, many, many more moments to think about all those other questions. For now, enjoy it and even more, encourage everyone on your team to do the same.
June 4, 2019
You can Ignore it. You can Hide it. You can do nothing about it. Or you can confront it head on and change it. The same applies to your team. You can Ignore it. You can Hide it. You can do nothing about it. Or you can confront them about it, reassure them it’s okay and help them figure a way out of it. That’s what Leaders do.
June 3, 2019
The path you are on now is not where you will end up. It will diverge. It will twist. It will turn. You will come out stronger because of it. And you will not foresee it coming. Relax. Breathe. Enjoy the ride.
May 31, 2019
This is an interesting statement because it’s not entirely focused on your best efforts, but rather on the comparison of your best efforts to someone else. In this case it should read – “Is your Best Not Good Enough when Compared to everyone else?” – to which we would all immediately reply – “Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, I’m not comparing myself to everyone else, I’m my own person, I do my own thing, I don’t compare myself to others”. And yet we do, all the time, because it’s a simple task of glancing over, seeing what someone else is doing and
May 30, 2019
What’s the worst part of your day? The part you could do without, the part that you dread occurring. The end of day status meeting. The morning code review that everyone chimes in on. Writing Unit Tests. The Slack Channel that is essentially a Gripe Channel. The eating of Snacks that don’t do anything for you? Whatever it is, figure out what it is, what bothers you about it, what makes you want to avoid it. Everything about it that drives you nuts. And then eliminate it. Find another way to get your status out without attending the meeting. Figure
