When we had to buy hardware to set up your tests, we were efficient as hell. We would spend weeks, maybe even months, watching for deals and agonizing over cache, RAM, CPU, disk arrays, and storage size. Someone still has to do that to make the implementation of clouds effective, but you don’t have to do it anymore. We barely have server rooms anymore. Now you want to try out a virtual machine or build…
Not in your job description, but in the work that you do. The training. The coaching. The mentoring. The writing. The work that never makes it to a job description, but always elevates you. That is the work that you do.
In video games, the Main Quest is the big thing you are working towards. It takes a while, there are many steps, and you build towards it. In addition to your Main Quest, you have Side Quests. Side Quests make you stronger, they give you the experience and knowledge to contribute to your Main Quest. Side Quests help you push your Main Quests forward; they are your hustles, your late nights, and your early mornings.…
Build a Routine or cut things out. Those are your choices. They aren’t the choices you want to hear, but they are your choices. So make one and move on.
The Second Time you do anything, it will be better. Maybe not by much, but it will be better. By the Third and Fourth times, you will continue to see additional improvement. And if you follow through for the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth times, more changes occur. But only if you are able to get through that second time first.