This week, I start on a crazy journey to try to ship and deliver and manage than I have normally ever done. To get ready for this adventure, I’ve had to read a lot of blogs and books (still reading the books so I’m not all the way there) but the theme, the one theme is always the same and pardon the baseball term but I’ll put my own spin on it. Turn on the…
is a horrible statement, because ALL things are never equal and will NEVER be equal. When you say this, you are effectively watering down your argument for whatever solution you might be proposing by acknowledging that your solution can only ever be evaluated against the current solution (or another proposal) and conditions where all things are equal. But in life – nothing is EVER equal. We all know it – this is nothing new. And…
I think I was packing for a trip somewhere when I started going through the mental checklist of what tasks on my plate had to be completed before I went anywhere. These ranged from family to work to personal to house to car to anything really, but in the end, they all came back to three core categories; Have to do, Need to do and Want to do. Have to do This is the work that…
If you have never watched the The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch then you need to take some time tonight and watch it. The video is not only a great message for how to achieve your childhood dreams but to keep achieving them as you get older. You don’t always get to where you thought you’d be, but there are lots of different paths you can go down to get somewhere, that can be just as…
Absolutely nothing. Ouch! That’s going to hurt some people – some might not even be reading this part… or this part for that matter. But here it is – a job title does not define you, it’s an indication of what you do, but not the complete picture. Brain Surgeon – yup you’re good at that, but I’m sure you do more and maybe it’s not what defines you exactly. Architect, Software Developer, Team Lead,…