9 months ago
Believe it or not, if you do bit by bit each day, each week, it does work. It just depends on whether the bit you are doing is actually worthwhile. I.e., running 5 minutes a day might not help too much, running 20 probably better. Doing learning on new topics, a chapter a day will render results, a page not so much. Bit by Bit works as long as the bits are worth the effort.
9 months ago
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 a resource group, you spin it up and go to town. For getting up and running quickly, this is a dream, no more weeks and
9 months ago
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.
10 months ago
When you have others asking you to finish work by a certain date, the timelines are imposed upon you. You can complain about them being too tight, but the fact remains – you have a timeline to finish your wor,k and people are depending upon you. Set the timeline for yourself, and only you are depending on you. Oddly enough, despite our anger, it’s when others depend upon us that we push ourselves harder to meet a timeline, irrespective of whether they are mean or nice about it. So the question becomes – can you treat yourself and your timeline
10 months ago
With all the time in the world, will you be able to accomplish your goals? Will you be able to be disciplined enough to be able to get all your work done? Will you achieve all that you want in all of those interests and hobbies? Will you be able to push yourself as far as you think you can? Maybe it’s time to find out.
