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When Do Long-Term Models and Habits Betray You?

Habits are not built over-night. In today's episode, we're discussing when mental models are standing in your way and what you can do about it.

Published: 3/23/2020
Length: ~11m
The Overreaction Paradox

In today's episode, we're talking about overreactions to events around us as you work from home and in isolation. When is overreaction acceptable and when does it cause a larger problem?

Published: 3/20/2020
Length: ~11m
Hidden Environment Inputs - Mindful Remote Work

Many of you are working from home for the first time in a long time. In today's episode, we're talking about mindful remote work.

Published: 3/18/2020
Length: ~10m
Interview w/ Carl Yates Perry (Part 2)

Stress can either stretch you or hurt you. In today's second part of the interview with Carl Yates Perry, General Manager at Square, we're discussing jobs that give you more energy than they take and how to maintain a healthy working life.

Published: 3/16/2020
Length: ~45m
Interview w/ Carl Yates Perry - Part 1

How do you know when it's the right time to leave your job? In today's part 1 of this 2-part interview, we're talking to Carl Yates Perry about his job transitions and how he made the decision to become the General Manager at Square.

Published: 3/13/2020
Length: ~42m
Flattening the Cost of Change Curve

Today we're talking about future-proofing your code and cost of change curves.

Published: 3/11/2020
Length: ~7m
4 Reasons You Will Never Pick the "Right Tool For the Job"

Picking the best tool for the job is a smart solution for developers, but in today's episode, we're talking about how choosing the best tool for the job can sometimes limit us from the best solution to a problem.

Published: 3/9/2020
Length: ~12m
Four Questions for the Weekend

Questions are the most powerful tool you can use to clarify situations and solve problems. Today, we're talking about finding different sources for questions that require you to pause and think.

Published: 3/7/2020
Length: ~15m
Breaking Your Own Rules Accelerates Bad Habit Formation

This episode is about quality over quantity when it comes to finding a solution to a problem. When is it right to take time and do something right vs. moving fast?

Published: 3/4/2020
Length: ~14m
Redefine Your Career Search Rules

In today's episode, we're talking about changing your approach to looking for a job.

Published: 3/2/2020
Length: ~11m
Functional Autonomy and Finding Meaning in the Small Things Today

The actions that you take today are not representative of who you are. In today's episode, we're talking about enjoying the small things and finding meaning in even the smallest tasks.

Published: 2/28/2020
Length: ~9m
Your Influence is Catalyzed By What is Influencing You

It's easy to look at our daily lives to evaluate what we're doing as individuals. In today's episode, we're getting introspective and talking about our influence from another person's perspective.

Published: 2/26/2020
Length: ~5m
Your Time is An Account With An Unknown Balance

Each day you're living a piece of your life and if you were to think of time as a currency that is always flowing out. You have an account and that account has a certain amount of time in it but you don't know how much you have in that account. In today's episode we're talking time as a limited account.

Published: 2/25/2020
Length: ~13m
Don't Make the Problem Fit the Model

One of the most critical skills is the ability to map information and relate it to other information. In today's episode, we're talking about mapping models that go wrong and how forcing a concept into the wrong model can cause major problems in software and your career as a developer.

Published: 2/21/2020
Length: ~12m
Implicit Models and Processes

What actions have you taken in the last hour? In today's episode we're talking about the simple fact that everything we do is governed by some sort of process.

Published: 2/19/2020
Length: ~8m
Measuring Freedom to Change

Why is it so hard for managers to create freedom and autonomy for their teams in a modern work environment? Today, we'll talk about how we can offer more autonomy to our team as well as bring value to the company.

Published: 2/17/2020
Length: ~11m
Embracing Confusion

What does it mean to be confused? What is happening in our brains and what is happening in reality? In today's episode, we're digging into confusion and the role of perception in the work you do.

Published: 2/14/2020
Length: ~7m
Thought Experiment - Rejecting Your Intuitive Solution

Today we've got a thought experiment with the goal of flexing your lateral thinking muscles.

Published: 2/12/2020
Length: ~6m
You Don't Have to Be a Slave to Self-Improvement

Why do you think you need to be great? In today's episode, we're getting clear on why we're motivated to reach our goals as developers and why we can so easily get caught in a trap of working in one particular area when we should be focusing on a bigger picture.

Published: 2/10/2020
Length: ~13m
Getting Stacked Value From your Daily Activities

What makes something worth doing? How do you decide what activities are worth doing?

Published: 2/7/2020
Length: ~13m

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