Scoring an open-net goal should be easy, but it’s not. It’s the dream, there is no opposition, no complicated shot needed and all you need to do is drag it in with a little tap. And yet we miss so many of them. We become hyper-focused on not missing because it should be an easy goal, it should be a guaranteed gimme but instead, we forget everything we have practiced up until that point -…
Validation is the pat on the back that you did a good job (irrespective of whether you truly did do a good job). Feedback is the understanding that you didn’t do a good job, but now you know where to focus next time to not only do a good job but surpass what you did. Not everyone wants feedback, even when they are begging for it, they want validation because they did a lot to…
If you receive different answers and varied responses to the question “What’s Happening?” – then the answer is – “No one knows.” And that’s where you need to start to make things better.
The Last Bug is always the most satisfying to fix. It doesn’t matter what status it has associated with it, what state it is in, or how long it takes. It’s the icing on the cake and it’s the greatest feeling to ship it and call it a day. Until the next bug comes in and you have to start all over again… then that becomes the last bug.
They don’t do Hurdles on Hills. Probably because it would be insanely difficult. No one would ever think to try it. You would probably get hurt more often than not. But if you did do it, you would probably develop muscles you never knew you had to propel yourself further up the hill, against gravity past the hill. You would probably need to be more aware of your surroundings when pushing up and you would…