An Instagram post or a bullet list of what someone does for their routine takes about 5 seconds to digest. It probably took 3 – 5 minutes to write it out and throw some uplifting/inspiring music up against it. But to build the routine, to fine-tune it, to make it perfect, to get it to the point where it was no longer a list to be followed but a thing that was ingrained in everything…
I went to a workshop a few months ago, which wasn’t tech-focused; it was with an artist I had never met before or had ever seen their work. It was an “Illustrated Talk” – when I got there, everyone was pulling out sketchbooks, and when the talk began, a few took a combination of notes and pictures (which was pretty cool to see). I think I stood out like a sore thumb with my laptop…
The Trick – takes seconds to show, but hours, days, weeks, maybe even months to master. The Treat – is a quick ask – can I have something for nothing? The trick can get you a bigger treat than if you just asked because people will always recognize the work that went into it. Or sometimes you’ll get just the treat. You can ask for something and hope you get your worth, or show your…
How much documentation do you need? How heavy are your processes? How much AI do you use? What level of automation do you have? How many PRs do you ship daily? Whatever your task, whatever your work, there always needs to be a balance between how much you need and how much you want. Do you need to spend time automating every single process that you have in existence, even if you don’t use all…
Rain will fall on your parade. On the days you had so much planned to do, you anticipated the desire to have no rain fall. Rain will fall. That rain can be people being absent, leaving their jobs, resources drying up, pivots and turns you didn’t plan. The rain will fall, and some days it will be harder than others. You can always plan for it, but will you scream against it, cross your arms,…