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Back to SearchFriday Refill: Imaginary Comparisons
Episode 985
Comparison is an incredibly important tool. But most of the time, the comparisons we are making are imaginary - even the ones that seem real. In this…
4 years, 7 months ago
Implicit Hypotheses
Episode 984
Are you acting on impulse? How would you know? One door to understanding this "acting without thinking" is to investigate our hypotheses. Implicit hy…
4 years, 8 months ago
Model Manager - What We Don't Manage
Episode 983
Model Manager episodes of Developer Tea are dedicated to helping engineering managers find models of thinking that improve their approach to manageme…
4 years, 8 months ago
Friday Refill: Waiting and Replaying
Episode 982
What are you waiting on? What are you replaying? It doesn't have to only be anxiety that takes you out of this moment. You may be looking forward to …
4 years, 8 months ago
Reframing Discipline and Elastic Habits
Episode 981
Discipline is not about punishment or punctuality. It's about perseverance in the face of changing circumstances.
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Model Manager: Human Behavior is the Primary Output of Engineering Processes
Episode 980
Model Manager episodes of Developer Tea are dedicated to helping engineering managers find models of thinking that improve their approach to manageme…
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Friday Refill: Focusing On Mastery Will Not Limit Your Options
Episode 979
You don't have to choose to be a generalist to have career security. If you pursue mastery, you will be building skill-acquisition at the deepest lev…
4 years, 8 months ago
Compounding Time In Your Favor
Episode 978
We all have 24 hours in a day. How can you compound your time? In many ways, this is what "spend it wisely" means. In this episode we classify differ…
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The Bowl of Mediocrity
Episode 977
If you are progressing slowly in your career, it might be because you are working in the bowl of mediocrity. This is where you are taking very little…
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Friday Refill - Stay Mindful During Phases of Execution
Episode 976
The execution phase of any work you do is where you find the most satisfaction. But it's possible that you aren't finding flow because you have a bro…
4 years, 8 months ago