If the answer takes an hour of meeting with pontificating questions that challenge that simple question, then there is no need for the meeting. Instead, there is an immediate need to figure out where you are, after that it’s simple math. A simple calculation… Here is where we are + What has changed that we didn’t know before + Our Updated Buffer (notice no subtraction of “effort” based theatrics)
Everything can’t be a Priority 1, that’s like saying, every day is Christmas, it can’t be, it’s impossible. Instead, you have to make the hard choices of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5… And that’s where the triaging of priority falls apart either because we can’t choose what the 1 is and want to label everything a 1. Knowing whether you’ve chosen the wrong priority is a pretty simple exercise – if it changes every…
Writing new code is a great release for whatever is ailing you. It’s that moment when we go from having nothing to creating something that absolutely knocks our socks off. It can be 2 or it can 100 lines, but at the end of the day it is code and if it runs, you created something.
Run with it or let it go – no need to let that eat at you until there is nothing left. If you don’t want it, pass it along. But don’t give into the “woulda, shoulda, coulda” game – because that game just pushes you further to the edge.
If they don’t fail, they will never succeed. Let them screw up, let them make the mistake, and help them get better so the next mistake they make, they are further along in the process.