Send to Kindle Build your own personal advisory board In a lot of people’s minds, entrepreneurs and innovators often stand out as super-individuals; ones who had a vision and just made it happen all on their own, through sheer determination and force of spirit. It’s easy to get caught up in that mindset and [...]
Send to Kindle What are your predictions for the year? I don’t know about you, but my year is already starting out in a wild and crazy way (more news on that soon)…. I love New Year’s because it’s such a perfect opportunity to reflect on the year that has passed; I can look back [...]
Send to Kindle Becoming a Manager As I’ve said before on this blog: when I started my career, it was never my intention to become a manager. I always wanted to be a software engineer (and one day an architect or principal engineer), and I worked really hard to deepened my technical knowledge as I [...]
Send to Kindle No one comes to work to do a bad job; and I would argue that most people want to be exceptional in their roles. For most of us we spend years in school, and then countless hours pursuing additional knowledge and honing our craft (and I know this holds true for anyone [...]
Send to Kindle In preparation for my talk at Seattle Interactive on October 30th this post covers some of my ideas on this topic – I hope you like it! And if you have other ideas or suggestions, leave them in the comments – I am still putting my slides together and could always use [...]
Send to Kindle Hello there! I was a bit late with my post last week – it has been a little bit crazy in my world; but I am back on schedule today with my Wednesday posts. And this one is one of the better ones I used to have some major procrastination issues and [...]
Send to Kindle Have you ever worked on a project with other people, really felt like you gave it your all, and then were passed up or received less recognition then you thought you deserved? This happened to me early on in my career. I had been on a project with 5 people, and after [...]
Send to Kindle I consider myself to be truly lucky. You might not expect me to feel that way, given my background. I grew up very poor; sometimes we couldn’t afford food. My mom was a single mom who worked as a waitress, so raising two children was a challenge on a very limited income. [...]
Send to Kindle Feedback at work doesn’t have to be a bad thing. For people who can appreciate feedback, and what it can mean for your career (the opportunity to see yourself from the outside, and make improvements), see it as one of the best parts of completing a project. But for a lot of people, [...]
Send to Kindle How Being Authentic, Open-Minded, and Direct (All At Once!) Can Help Your Career We all want to be successful in our careers. Whether that means running your own start-up or heading a team at a major corporation, we all have aspirations and are looking for the best ways to get there. To [...]