You’ve probably heard the old analogy that there is an imbalance of our time, money, and energy depending on what stage we are in throughout our lives. If you haven’t, it’s the idea that when we’re young, we have no money. When we’re middle-aged, we have no time. And when we’re elderly, we have no …
Have you ever found yourself in a slump? Repeating the same old patterns when you’ve shown yourself a better way? Here’s one trick that you might think is just common sense, but the reality is that you have to keep moving. We all fall into bad habits, unfortunate events, and lengths of being at the …
You’ve probably heard of that famous story that emphasizes the importance of prioritizing what’s in your life. If you aren’t familiar with it, you can read it here: A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty mayonnaise jar …
If your job requires more than one or two scheduled events in a typical week, you probably aren’t leveraging a scheduling service, online assistant, or even your own office hours. Let’s talk about that more. I work as a Technical Product Manager where a large amount of time is spent in scheduled events. These are …
There’s one thing I’ve started to realize over 10 years in the software industry. That is, the most impactful contributors are ones who are self-managing. These are the people who will go out and find the right things to do, and simply go do them. Much of the time, managers are pleasers, not leaders. Many …
Before you read this post, please take a minute to pickup Andy Grove’s High Output Management book. You won’t regret it. Meetings have a notorious history of being net negative to majority of people involved. Studies have even been done to show that over 50% of manager’s time is dedicated to meetings. Many would argue …
I’ve read a lot of books about innovation. I’ve read some of the most popular books on the topic, and also some hot takes from individuals leading the most innovative companies today. There’s one thing that sticks out when it comes down to innovation, and that’s how far an idea actually goes. Simply put, some …
Humans are lazy by design. We tend to follow the path of least resistance. When we do this, we fall into bad habits of letting other people think for us rather than using the most important tool that’s just a thought away. Don’t know how to do a home improvement project? You watch a tutorial …
About three years ago, I got into the idea of stoicism. If you’re not sure what that is exactly, it’s an old school of thought based on three principles: Taking responsibility (Top) Living life to the fullest (Left) Focusing on what you control (Right) While reading a bit about stoicism, you might just think that …
I’ve worked remotely my entire professional career. I’m probably one of the first generations to have had this luxury to do so for the past 10 years(I started when I was 19 years old). When I started college, I got two part-time jobs on campus doing web apps & mobile apps for all the various …
