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Getting the Work Done
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Meeting Overload
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Craftsmanship vs the Factory
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Stopping to Learn is the Worst Decision
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Too Many Tickets is Not the Problem
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Unfurling the Sails
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The Continued Value of Demos
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The Secret to Climbing Ladders
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4 weeks ago
Build and Wait
Work gets done when you sit down, put the timer on, put yourself into DND, and work the problem. We used to strive for focus time and the zone moment – now we don’t. But THAT was where all our work was getting done. So go back to it, find your ZONE moments, and get the work done that needs to get done. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US). I’m also the co-host of the Remotely Prepared podcast.
Meeting Overload
Greg Thomas
Is the problem too many meetings or not enough time between meetings to do the work? It’s one or the other and until you ask the real question, you’ll never get to the right answer. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US). I’m also the co-host of the Remotely Prepared podcast.
1 week ago
Craftsmanship vs the Factory
Greg Thomas
Everyone wants craftsmanship for factory prices. But craftsmanship isn’t built in a factory, so the two are always on opposite sides of the coin. The factory delivers the volume the craftsman can’t, but will never evolve into the delivery of a craft. You can be the factory or the craftsman; both are solid, but you can’t be both. You can be a craftsman who delivers at factory scale with work similar to your craft, but never will be. Pick one, move forward, stop trying to be both. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as …
4 weeks ago
Build and Wait
When shrink-wrapped software was the game, you built it, you put it on a CD, you let your sales and marketing teams took over. And you waited. And if the sales weren’t coming in, you made the call to make the next version, put it out the door, do more sales and marketing. And wait again. The first version never sells well, there is more waiting then anyone wants to admit, but eventually programs, funnels, plans, actions, blogs and patience and luck come together. But don’t fool yourself if someone tells you otherwise; there is always a wait in anything …
4 weeks ago
Finding Opportunities
When things are going well – you don’t need to search for opportunities; they are all there all the time, all coming your way. In addition to them all coming your way, you might find that people aren’t as picky as they otherwise might be. But when things aren’t going well, opportunities are scant, they are hard to find, and those that exist are absurdly finicky about everything and anything. The goal then becomes to set yourself up for finding opportunities when times are tough, when things are actually going well – what experience do I need, what value do …
4 weeks ago
Where does the time go?
If you’re busy, it goes into work. If you’re sitting around, it goes into your phone. If you have a plan, work gets chipped away. If you’re overloaded, it goes into wondering how you are going to get it all done. If you’re underloaded, it goes into dreaming of when you can be overloaded again. If you’re relaxed, it goes into the pursuit of your many hobbies. And if you’re bored, you’re probably wondering what do with all this time. The point is it all goes somewhere, but we will never see what that there is, but just trust that …