Category: Productivity
This is about being effective with your time and being focused on the right things to do each day or at each stage.
It could overlap with PM when we talk about your time on a project.
I value my sleep
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This week we’ve been talking about demonstrating what you value, not just saying you value something with no action that backs up your claim. Monday we looked at how we say we value learning, but often don’t show it, and I gave you some practical advice on how to budget your time so your schedule accurately represents…
You’re not too busy you lie
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This week we’re looking at what you really value. Not what you say you value, but what you show you value. What you say you value doesn’t matter. What you do to accomplish what you value matters. Yesterday we talked about paying lip service to learning and today we’re going to talk about all those ideas for…
Do you pay lip service to learning?
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How much importance do you place on learning new things? I’m guessing you consider learning to have some importance, since you’re reading my site. But my follow-up question is: Are you really giving yourself the space you need to learn? That time I… I’ve considered other job opportunities during the course of running my own…
You won’t succeed if you don’t do the work
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Have you bought a course that’s going to help you learn to run a more effective business? Maybe you bought Book Yourself Solid. Maybe you even read it. Lots of good stuff in that book. Do you have a business coach? I’m sure they have lots of good suggestions and make you think hard about…
You’re not perfect – find a problem and fix it
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We’ve all been faced with a problem that’s clearly outside our comfort level. Maybe it’s a coding challenge that you just don’t know the answer to. Maybe it’s an estimate for a big corporation and you just don’t know how to position it. Maybe it’s a tough blog post that you don’t know how to…
Don’t psych yourself up before a client call
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What’s your tactic to make sure you present your best self before a client call? What you don’t have one?? You just get on a call and let the chips fall where they may? Huh, yeah I did that to for a while and there was some success with it. Certainly enough to keep the…
3 year olds hike in small steps
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We’re an outdoor family. I ride my bike, my wife runs, we head to the beach regularly. We take our kids on hikes and canoeing. When they get older we’ll get them rock climbing and paddling whitewater on the rivers. So it’s probably not going to surprise you that in early August we took our…
Why go to a WordCamp
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Should you go to a WordCamp or not, that is the question. It’s one I certainly ask myself each time. While the tickets aren’t expensive all the travel is costly. Even my local WordCamp in Vancouver cost me $50 in travel and food to travel. Last time, I flew to Edmonton and stayed in a…
Make it easy for productivity to find you
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Days spent in ‘flow’ is the dream of any creative. Programmers dream of writing code that works the first time, while your fingers fly gracefully across the keyboard and unicorns dance to the beauty of your code. Designers solve the client problem first, try and get sent gift baskets as clients weep and thank them…
Jealousy never thinks about time
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Did you know that I teach programming at BCIT? I currently teach a few courses. I’m currently teaching an advanced WordPress developer class. We’re learning about AJAX requests, programming design patterns, transients, and a whole bunch of other WordPress things. And I seem pretty smart to my students. There is so much to learn and…
