As we transition together through strange periods (whether at large scale like the present moment, or at a smaller scale within your organization or culture), the way we look at each other changes. This observation shift brings behavior change - that's what we're talking about in today's episode.
Published: 4/8/2021Length: ~15m↓ Download this Episode
Uncomfortable places may feel dark, but they often carry the most illuminating lessons. In today's episode we discuss using these darker moments as a compass to find your values.
Published: 4/6/2021Length: ~11m↓ Download this Episode
Look at your calendar. What doors are opening? What exponential gains are you building? Leverage and access are the key to building your career long term.
Published: 4/2/2021Length: ~10m↓ Download this Episode
Today's guest is Dan Pupius, CEO and co-founder of Range. Dan cares deeply about creating products that make healthy and sustainable workplaces a common occurrence. We talk in depth about designing constraints and opinions into products with the long term in mind.
Published: 3/31/2021Length: ~35m↓ Download this Episode
Today's guest is Dan Pupius, CEO and co-founder of Range. Dan cares deeply about creating products that make healthy and sustainable workplaces a common occurrence. We talk in depth about designing constraints and opinions into products with the long term in mind. Don't miss the next episode - subscribe today!
Published: 3/29/2021Length: ~39m↓ Download this Episode
We're all guilty of it - not letting that thing go that happened at work on Friday. But by giving it only partial energy over the weekend, we are likely not going to improve how we deal with it on Monday, and we degrade our rest and recovery time over the weekend. How do you deal with this? Consciously choose to stop.
Published: 3/26/2021Length: ~6m↓ Download this Episode
Heroes appear when something has gone wrong. What does a team look like with no heroics?
Published: 3/24/2021Length: ~18m↓ Download this Episode
Hey folks - this is the corrected version of yesterday's episode. Apologies for the error! You need intuition to build incredible skill. But it's important to develop a healthy caution towards intuition, as it can create a brittle framework for thinking. In this episode, we discuss both sides of this.
Published: 3/23/2021Length: ~19m↓ Download this Episode
You need intuition to build incredible skill. But it's important to develop a healthy caution towards intuition, as it can create a brittle framework for thinking. In this episode, we discuss both sides of this.
Published: 3/22/2021Length: ~19m↓ Download this Episode
Patience is more than a virtue. Patience is a signal that you understand the importance of gratitude and the vanity of rushing or attempting to control what you cannot. In this Friday refill, we'll discuss some of the mechanics of patience and how it relates to other parts of our lives.
Published: 3/19/2021Length: ~14m↓ Download this Episode
Geoff Schmidt joins me to discuss GraphQL, Apollo, and how the responsibilities are shifting and roles are changing to give more leverage and better separation of concerns between client side and service architectures.
Published: 3/17/2021Length: ~27m↓ Download this Episode
Geoff Schmidt joins me to discuss GraphQL, Apollo, and how the responsibilities are shifting and roles are changing to give more leverage and better separation of concerns between client side and service architectures.
Published: 3/16/2021Length: ~36m↓ Download this Episode
We spend a lot of energy trying to predict our lives and priorities. This is mostly wasted - instead, we should spend our time understanding our values and planning to make margin for the principles in our lives.
Published: 3/12/2021Length: ~14m↓ Download this Episode
Much of our attention and effort is used trying to remove human influence and finding "raw" truth. Today, I want to ask you to do the opposite of that.
Published: 3/11/2021Length: ~14m↓ Download this Episode
There is far more information that we ignore than what we pay attention to. This selective attention is important to understand as both a necessary skill and a potential pitfall.
Published: 3/8/2021Length: ~20m↓ Download this Episode
We seek agreement by default. It feels good. But is it what we really want? What we really need?
Published: 3/5/2021Length: ~7m↓ Download this Episode
In today's episode we talk about good key results and objectives, and how to clean up your goals. Having a goal is not enough and knowing your principles and what makes you different from others is the hardest part.
Published: 3/4/2021Length: ~22m↓ Download this Episode
There are only so many ways you can manipulate LEGO. In today's episode we talk about those fundamental transformation steps and how they apply to your daily problem solving.
Published: 3/1/2021Length: ~20m↓ Download this Episode
When you feel a sense of chaos has overwhelmed your week, it can be tempting to want to check out for the weekend. But in today's episode we discuss a tool I've used to combat this sense of aimlessness.
Published: 2/26/2021Length: ~7m↓ Download this Episode
Quincy Larson might be responsible for at least one very important part of your career: the beginning. That's because Quincy is the founder of freeCodeCamp, a non-profit teaching millions of people to code. In this and the last episode we talk all about what it means to be a beginner.
Published: 2/24/2021Length: ~41m↓ Download this Episode