One day, in my day job someone wanted a task done and I had to think — I tried, but, I did not have any thoughts. I felt numb. I felt lethargic. I felt braindead. I had been observing these symptoms for a couple of months now. I recently had a physical exam and everything came normal. Some of my colleagues (who were in their 40s) said our faculties slow down once we hit 40. ...
Productivity
An extra degree of separation
Technology has taken control of our lives. I see myself reaching out for my cell phone all the time, sometimes even when I am driving (scary! And yes I am guilty too). I am guilty of reaching out for my phone, when I am having dinner with family (not the example I want to set my kids). ...
How to Get to the Stuff that Matters
Most of us find ourselves overwhelmed with tasks & to-do lists. We tend to jump from one task to another as a monkey jumping between trees and fail to accomplish anything at the end of the day. (Photo by: Lilivanili CC-BY 2.0) Some of the key reasons why we are not able to make progress on stuff that matters are : ...
5 Ways to Overcome Resistance to Your Creative Endeavors
Whatever we are putting of creating, whether, it's a blog post, recording a podcast, working on book, writing a piece of software or whatever art we are making. We encounter resistance and we must overcome if we are to make our art happen. Steven Pressfield addresses this topic in his recent and simply must ready book "The War of Art" (Photo by: Demi-Brooke CC-BY ...
Is work from home right for my team?
(Photo by: Ed Yourdon CC-BY-SA 2.0) There has been a lot of buzz lately on the decision by Yahoo CEO to cut work-from-home policy. It's only sensible that I rather not comment on this without understanding the full details of their internal situation. However, I think it raises a valid question that we need to grapple with "Is work from home right for my software team?" ...