What is your integrity and your reputation worth to you? People often overvalue the short-term consequences of a decision, and undervalue the long-term consequences. Careers these days can last 40 or 50 years (or more!) and what people will remember of you is their trust in you, and whether you acted in #integrity with your…
Ei-Nyung Choi is an inspiration to me with her commitment to equity and to increasing the representation in tech of people from historically excluded populations. Check out her generous offer below to mentor and coach Black engineers and women to honor Black History Month.
Ei-Nyung Choi is an inspiration to me with her commitment to equity and to increasing the representation in tech of people from historically excluded populations. Check out her generous offer below to mentor and coach Black engineers and women to honor Black History Month. In solidarity, I’d like to offer a free 30-minute coaching session…
Your judgments distance you from #connection.
Your judgments distance you from #connection. I’ve heard several stories this week about people making immediate judgments about somebody new, and later realizing that the person was not at all who they thought; those judgments were all in their own head. This happens because our brains go into overdrive when we meet somebody new, trying…
How can you be a great #teammate?
How can you be a great #teammate? Seth Godin told a great story on Alisa Cohn’s podcast, where he walked into a room of 15 interns, and handed them each an index card. He asked them to imagine that they had been granted an opportunity to manage a $150 million dollar project, and could pick…
If you care about equity, diversion and inclusion, I encourage you to check out The Institute for Equity-Centered Coaching and their association, The Exchange.
If you care about equity, diversion and inclusion, I encourage you to check out The Institute for Equity-Centered Coaching and their association, The Exchange. The Exchange is a professional association for coaches and leaders committed to justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion and offers almost weekly opportunities for members to gather to get support on a…
What has to change for you to reach your goals?
What has to change for you to reach your goals? There are two kinds of goals: 1) Incremental goals where you can see the path to reaching them, and you just need to work hard and execute. 2) Transformative or 10x goals, where doing more of what you’re doing today won’t get you there. You…
I had a great conversation with Zach White on The Happy Engineer Podcast about how you can take control of your career and create more impact without just working harder and harder
I had a great conversation with Zach White on The Happy Engineer Podcast about how you can take control of your career and create more impact without just working harder and harder. Hear the story of how I learned to do that myself, as I also share three principles to help you do so for…
What books have you bought but not read?
What books have you bought but not read? I asked this question in my newsletter this weekend (link in comments), but I’m curious what is in your reading list. Here’s the list of books I bought on Kindle in the last month but haven’t read (Amazon knows how to target me with Kindle sales, unsurprisingly):…
Doing the work is not enough.
Doing the work is not enough. In yesterday’s post, I said that nobody cares about the effort you put in except you; other people just care about the results. But delivering the results isn’t enough either. Why not? As children, we are taught to believe that people are paying attention to us because they are:…
If you missed the LinkedIn Live event I did with Shyvee Shi for her PM Learning Series, check out her summary of the takeaways below along with a link to a recording of the event! It was a great conversation that can hopefully help you navigate and design your 2024 more intentionally
If you missed the LinkedIn Live event I did with Shyvee Shi for her PM Learning Series, check out her summary of the takeaways below along with a link to a recording of the event! It was a great conversation that can hopefully help you navigate and design your 2024 more intentionally.