May 2023
Do you need to be in relationship w/others to emotionally heal or be ok with YOURSELF? I say no and Miley Cyrus seems to agree as well
This post would likely be of interest to: single people uncomfortable with their singleness, people that want to leave a relationship but fear doing so, people that think being in a relationship is “better” than being single….this isn’t an exhaustive list so there may be other audiences interested in this content
Product management: prioritizing exercises may be more difficult without understanding customers end goals
Someone responded to my tweet and said that “customers don’t know what they want” to which both Allen and I responded:
Agile Product Management: Scrum is man-made and therefore fallible
Some people may forget that scrum is a man-made perfect and therefore prone to being imperfect in some case. Scrum is sometimes imposed on product and engineering teams without continual monitoring to ensure the methodology is producing desired outcomes. Imposing this framework on teams without their consensus suggests in some cases that teams can’t collectively—it …
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How high expectation positions can test the desire of your goals
Some forget that there’s a mental game one likely has to play when pursuing goals I think it’s easy to fixate on building technical skills to improve performance but I’ve seen the dangers of this one-sided strategy in my professional life that I’ll briefly cover. Afterward, I’ll share how I think this often unspoken mental …
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Strong strategy alone doesn’t produce desired outcomes – commentary on Steve job’s view of this
All this said, I think running a business or service requires a continuous analysis of both the execution and strategy which are components some people and companies overlook and perhaps why most businesses fail. Data from the BLS shows that approximately 20% of new businesses fail during the first two years of being open, 45% …
Glamour: How Pictures/Videos can Make us Want Things
Insights for leveraging the power of glamour to improve self-awareness and avoid its dangerous ability to pull one away from intrinsic goals and objectives
How gratitude and contentment can help you fearlessly pursue what you want
Concepts discussed: fearlessness If you’re coming from my Instagram post feel free to jump straight to the story section of this article. If you’re new to this article I encourage you to watch the Instagram video and read the caption where I share thoughts on how I think Lebron used gratitude and contentment to handle …
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What are emotions?
Concepts discussed: perceptions, emotional mastery Some of us have felt what are described as joy, sadness, shame, fear, and other “emotions.” I never thought twice about emotions until my first work presentation as a software engineer. My body and hands gyrated intensely as my heart raced minutes before speaking and I said to myself, “What’s …
Perception: A reason why we experience performance anxiety which sometimes keeps us from our best
Concepts discussed: emotions Have you ever wondered why you act perfectly fine with people you’re close to and sometimes struggle to be this normal when interacting with a secret admirer or complete strangers? The same social behaviors you flawlessly executed with friends struggled to manifest themselves in a different but similar social situation. This article …
