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The Toxic Laziness of Overwork Culture

Episode 1123

Don't buy in to the lie that you have to overwork to succeed. Not only is it not true, it's also dangerous - and the opposite is more accurate.

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3 years, 4 months ago

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Start With Precise Communication

Episode 1122

In today's episode, I provide a simple coaching tip on improved communication for software engineers. It's simple: always make precision explicit, an…

3 years, 4 months ago

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The Error of Discounting the Unexpected

Episode 1121

We don't think about the unexpected as a category of possible outcomes. This leads us to assign overestimated probabilities to things that are front …

3 years, 4 months ago

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Looking at What Wasn't Done

Episode 1120

Look closer at the things that don't happen. Evaluate the options you never considered. When you are looking back, don't just judge based on actions …

3 years, 4 months ago

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Success is Born From Luck and Action

Episode 1119

You can't wait for luck to strike, but you also won't always get what you deserve. Both of these are true - so, go make luck happen for you!

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3 years, 5 months ago

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Build Environments That Produce Habits

Episode 1118

Habits aren't built on their own. They are the result of environments.

 

Reduce friction and create a positive reinforcement loop, and the habits will …

3 years, 5 months ago

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Design Your Low Stakes Environment As A Mirror of Your High Stakes Environment

Episode 1117

What happens in high-stakes environments?

Is the learning you do in your low-stakes environment actually helping you when you have skin in the game?

 

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3 years, 5 months ago

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Better Goals - Deriving Values from Personal Investment and Risk Tolerance

Episode 1116

Having trouble setting goals? Take a look at a different angle with the guided exercise in today's episode.

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3 years, 5 months ago

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Better Goals - Finding Cohesion Between Your Long and Short Term Goals

Episode 1115

Our goals usually take two forms: what we want to accomplish, and who we want to be.

When we can align these things, we find cohesion in our goals, gi…

3 years, 5 months ago

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Better Goals - Two Guidelines for Better Outcomes

Episode 1114

Two guidelines for better goal setting.
First, goals don't stand alone.
Second, ranges often beat arbitrary points.

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3 years, 5 months ago

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