Many of my posting ideas come from thoughts that cross my mind at random times during the day. Here’s one that struck me while walking to a gate at an airport. I was thinking about how I haven’t written a blog post in a while and I was trying to get at some root causes […]
So I have something I call the “Pragmatic Overlay”. Its the concept that you can have an idealized vision or plan for whatever you are wanting to do. But, and this usually only comes based on experience, you have to have an element of pragmatism to it. Some simple examples are “I want to go […]
See title above. Do you ever feel this way? I do, a lot. I’m sure most of us do. The reason for this is you are working on things that don’t directly contribute to your tasks you want to accomplish. It is easy to get caught up in a flurry of emails, meetings, and phone […]
If you are looking to grow your career and move into the leadership space, either as a manager or director or whatever, here’s a lesson I’ve learned that I’ve never read in a book or heard in a training class. This actually probably applies to everyone, but is of particular interest if you are a […]
I was working on a project one time. The project aimed to provide systems engineering, architecture, integration, and test support across a large enterprise, including a portfolio of software products worked on a common platform and shared data. As you can imagine, this is a pretty big job and takes a lot of effort, and […]
Today’s blog post is going to be a little different. Recently, I have been involved in several situations, all involving me advising and advocating for people who are struggling with different work/life balance challenges. These are people who have personal situations going on and are trying to find ways to continue to work even in […]
Typically I am very organized about my day-to-day work, and also my short-term (3 months or so) planning. I use Trello for the “month” timeframe, iCloud Reminders for the “week” timeframe, and a paper notepad and pencil for the “day” timeframe. Sometimes, when I’m being particularly unproductive, I’ll even go into my calendar, either iCloud […]
I’ve been blogging for over a year now, but it’s only been about the last 3 months that I started being really intentional about writing 2 or 3 times a week. This last week, I only wrote once. At first I was disappointed in myself. I had set a goal of at least 2 articles […]
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