This week is a little emotional for me. I was promoted to Principal Product Manager at Microsoft. I also submitted my second book Enough. Seeking less in a world of more to Amazon. I had been working hard over the last 6 years since Xamarin was acquired. For the first couple years, I had no …
I’ve debated writing about this topic for over a year now. Half of me is shamed that I caught COVID while being extra careful during the first half of the pandemic. The other half of me feels that it’s the right time to talk about it more openly. Through many conversations with coworkers, friends, family, …
Imagine if you could measure where our attention is going in a given day. Wouldn’t that be helpful to better understand our stress, boredom, and anxiety? Would that help us cope with these realities of modern life? Let’s say for the sake of this, we imagine a day in our life as a phone battery …
When was the last time you really resonated with somebody? Can you recall what were some of the reasons why? The people you follow on social media, the colleagues at work that you look up to, and the friends you have who seemingly have life put together from your eyes. People value authenticity. They don’t …
I recently came across this line by T.S. Elliot that says “Distracted from Distraction by Distraction”. Of course this is apart of a larger work called “Burnt Norton”. Here’s a small snippet for context: Over the strained time-ridden faces Distracted from distraction by distraction Filled with fancies and empty of meaning Tumid apathy with no …
The other day I had this impulse to send a message to an old friend. I hadn’t been in contact with that old friend for a couple of years, but the thought was in my head constantly throughout the day. How are they? Are they doing okay? It’s been awhile. So I sent a quick …
Everybody has strong emotions from time to time. Some may show these emotions and others may bottle them up. Over the last few months, I’ve been experiencing intense amounts of stress, anxiety, and sadness. These emotions manifested in my body as feeling sick, lethargic, and unmotivated. What I didn’t realize is that in the past, …
Imagine this. You have a few years of professional experience in something. You’ve proven yourself to work as a corporate cog in an even bigger machine. You know how to learn quickly & be efficient in the scope of your work today. But suddenly, you are re-assigned to a completely different effort. You’re anxious, unsure …
If people could see what you see. Know what you know. Feel the passion you feel. Believe what you believe. Would it be easier to do business with them? This exchange is known as value. Value has many different characteristics and types like: Functional – This type of value is what an offer does, it’s …
Life has many hills and valleys. One day you can be celebrating the addition of a new family member and another day you may be sicker than a dog. Each event in our lives gives us an opportunity to decide on how we feel about it. When you’re celebrating, you typically bring along some type …
