Solutions are not delivered all at once. We lay the foundation months before, but changing how the team works. We identify what we need to research and how to solve the problem. We integrate new libraries and frameworks and develop patterns of implementation. And then we build and release dependent components and features ahead of time making sure they all come to together and function together. We build the risky first. And then when that…
Put the phone away. Focus on the moment. You spent the last 4 weeks building up to this. Enjoy every bit of it.
There are no lost causes. There is giving up on causes. But there are no lost causes. The Lost Cause does not become the problem anymore, it becomes you, not willing to figure a way out.
Go outside, run as fast as you can. Then, without planning, spin around as fast as you can and go in the complete opposite direction. What happens? Someone who is a runner might navigate the change well, turn and go, ready for the next challenge. Someone who is an occasional runner might have to slow down, lose momentum, and work to catch up. Someone who isn’t a runner might stop, or possibly fall over, question…
If you can feel it coming at you, that is good, that’s the push, that’s the drive you need to keep going. Don’t stop. Don’t give up. Turn into it, face the wind, and move forward. Don’t get glide, coasting is for the week, push on. You’re so close.