August 31, 2024
Want to get better than others? Study from others. Subscribe to their Patreons, pin them on Pinterest, watch their YouTube, and emulate what they do. You’re not copying the artists, you’re studying them, and you’re listening to what they think about and process while doing work. The goal is to study and do your own thing from there.
August 30, 2024
If you can’t explain it simply. You can’t explain it. If it’s complicated, simplify it, get it down to the base problem, put the symptoms aside and focus on the core of what you are doing.
August 29, 2024
If you’re going to ask your team to implement a set of standards, there are a few points to consider. Are you writing them or asking them to be written? Will you be following what is written? What value will they create? Do they simplify or complicate your team’s life? Of all these items to consider, if you, as the leader, are not willing to follow these standards, then you shouldn’t be asking for them to be written. Your team takes their cues from you. It can be good to delegate the creation of tasks to get different people’s inputs,
August 28, 2024
There are two ways to shut down the constant stream of Red Herrings. Acknowledge their issue, and ask them if they want to run with it. Ask if that should be the team’s primary focus instead of what they are here to discuss. Ask them for their plan to resolve the issue. A few things will happen. They will not want to run with it. They will not want to change the team’s focus. They will not have a plan – if you stick with this line over and over, perhaps they will start showing up with a plan –
August 27, 2024
If they don’t like your ideas, your implementation, what you bring to the table. Don’t give them any excuses. Implement it all. It’s hard to ignore the evidence when it’s working right in front of you.
