January 8, 2021
It’s All Going to Break
Now that you know, will you still try? Or are you worried about the opposite happening? It’s all going to work? Either way it should make for interesting story.
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January 7, 2021
Sharing an Idea
Years ago, I wanted to learn to draw better. I laid out this very straightforward, simple plan how to do it and shared it with the people in my project group (my community) so they knew my plan and knew what I was striving for. One piece of feedback I received was – “How are you going to share it with everyone else?” – to which my answer was, why do I need to do that? Who else cares? What the real question was – “How are you going to keep yourself accountable” – and the follow-up – “Can a
January 6, 2021
Dipping Your Toe
I’ve written about this before, but it bears mentioning, for so many reason. If you are going to start something new, don’t fall into the trap of dipping your toe in to see if the temperature is right for you. In short – the temperature will never be right, it will always be a bit too cold or a bit too warm. Eventually you need to jump in, fully submerge yourself to make the impact you’re looking to make.
January 6, 2021
No Rush
Everything we work on is geared to towards completing a – thing. Some code. A test. A book. A report. A meeting. An email. The list is never-ending as we work to complete that “thing”. And once you complete it, the rush is on to get it done faster with phrases like… “Well now that we know what we’re doing.” “We’ve done this before.” “This should go faster now.” Unless you’re manufacturing widgets or cogs on an assembly line it doesn’t. Every line of code is different, every piece of work you start is different, every client you have is
January 5, 2021
Ideas versus Projects
We all have that backlog of projects that we never finished. But were they really projects? If it started as an idea did you ever do any of the following? Write it down? Create a plan of attack? Start coding or writing? Look at how it works? Set some milestones and deadlines? Share it with people? Talk about it outside of your own head? If you never did any of the above, then it was an Idea and not a Project. That means its never been started. That means its not unfinished. That means its ready and waiting for you