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Problem Solving Series #2: Reframing

What is your most memorable de-bugging session? Today, we're talking about fixing our losses by reframing our situations.

Published: 5/11/2018
Length: ~16m
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Avoiding Dogmatic Protocol

If you've ever lived in a dorm room, then you've probably heard of the furniture company - IKEA. Its affordable furniture that comes unassembled and building furniture gives you a feeling of accomplishment or frustration depending on how well the furniture was packaged or instructions were written. That's what we're talking about in today's episode - technical protocols and how to develop a good protocol.

Published: 5/9/2018
Length: ~18m
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Problem Solving Series #1: Starting By Making It Worse

It's not an easy task to describe what you do as a software developer to a non-technical person. A blanket description is to tell non-technical people that we "solve problems". That's what we're talking about in today's episode and we'll explore different strategies to solve problems we face as developers.

Published: 5/7/2018
Length: ~14m
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Secondary Tools

Take a moment to think about the tools you use to do your development work? What text editor are you using? Which web browser are you defaulting to? In today's episode, we're talking about tools that you could be using or already are using and intentions we can put in place to make them better.

Published: 5/4/2018
Length: ~19m
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Randomizing live w/ Max Hawkins (Part 2)

What is your plan for today? Where are you going to go and what people are you going to interact with? A lot of the decisions we make become automatic. That's what we're talking about today with [Max Hawkins](https://twitter.com/maxhawkins). Max was also on [NPR's Invisibilia podcast](https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/06/08/531796329/eager-to-burst-his-own-bubble-a-techie-made-apps-to-randomize-his-life) and we reference his episode a few times in this part 2 of our conversation with Max as well as the part 1 episode.

Published: 5/2/2018
Length: ~37m
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Interview w/ Max Hawkins (Part 1)

What is your plan for today? Where are you going to go and what people are you going to interact with? A lot of the decisions we make become automatic. That's what we're talking about today with [Max Hawkins](https://twitter.com/maxhawkins). Max was also on [NPR's Invisibilia podcast](https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/06/08/531796329/eager-to-burst-his-own-bubble-a-techie-made-apps-to-randomize-his-life) and we reference his episode a few times in this part 1 episode and the part 2 episode.

Published: 4/30/2018
Length: ~46m
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Subtractive Thinking

What is on your mind? Today we are talking about ways we can inspect our default state of mind.

Published: 4/27/2018
Length: ~18m
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Fear, Change & Instincts

Think about the last 5....20 and 100 days. If you're like most people then most of those days had one thing in common that you can draw a line between and say you repeated. Today, we're talking about the daily things that we have control over, how we cultivate habit and how we can change our habits.

Published: 4/25/2018
Length: ~16m
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Zero Dead Ends - Why Complaining Can Hold You Back

If you've ever known a small child, then you've probably noticed that when they get hurt, they react by running to an adult for consolation. We'd like to think that we grow out of this as adults, but we need to be taught to manage a situation. Today, we're talking about the concept of being a tattletale and knowing when it's helpful and when it's hurtful.

Published: 4/23/2018
Length: ~16m
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2 Reasons Your Habits Aren't Sticking

The episode wraps up our week of practical applications. In today's episode, we're talking about why we don't pick up a new tool, keep our documentation up to date, and why we're not following New Year's resolutions. More broadly put, we're talking about habits. Why some stick and why others don't.

Published: 4/20/2018
Length: ~14m
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3 Ways to Better Cultivate Coworker Connections

This week we're talking about practical things and today we're talking about 3 psychological realities that can help you connect better with your coworkers.

Published: 4/18/2018
Length: ~18m
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4 Code Smells (And How to Fix Them)

This week we're going to get very practical. Today we're talking about identifying code smells (very common ones) and a few ways to fix them.

Published: 4/16/2018
Length: ~22m
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4 Principles of Great Learners

What do great learners have in common? In today's episode we're talking about are the common factors of successful people and what we can learn from their experiences.

Published: 4/13/2018
Length: ~20m
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Slow Down on Your Quest for Happiness

Do you know what makes you happy? In today's episode we're talking about what it means to be happy and how to connect to our happiness when it changes from moment to moment

Published: 4/11/2018
Length: ~23m
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Fixing Fear: A Heuristic for Maintainable Code

What does it mean to write good code? In today's episode we're answering this question with the use of a heuristic.

Published: 4/9/2018
Length: ~12m
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Creating Consensus, Defeating Bias and Getting Better

Biases are going to change the way you view statistics. In today's episode we're talking about different ways you can work around your biases.

Published: 4/6/2018
Length: ~22m
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Broken Brains Take On Statistics

Today we're talking about ways that we exacerbate ways of seeing things clearly. More specifically we're determining how to uncover truth as it relates to our surroundings, or inspection.

Published: 4/4/2018
Length: ~19m
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More Misunderstood Truths About Statistics

We've established that statistics are useful and more relevant in our day-to-day work life, but how do statistics effect our personal selves? In Today's episode we're talking about what statistics mean for our personal selves.

Published: 4/2/2018
Length: ~21m
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Misunderstood Truths About Statistics (Part 1)

What makes discussions about statistics sound cold? In today's episode we're breaking down the etymology of statistics, how it's evolved over the years and how we can make better decisions based on real statistics.

Published: 3/30/2018
Length: ~17m
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Why Most People Fail at Fixing Operations

How is it that we know the right things to do but often don't do them? In today's episode we'll be discussing internal operations that are so clearly correct but sometimes we fail to do it.

Published: 3/28/2018
Length: ~11m
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