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📅 August 30, 2022 Grow From Failures ⏱ 2 minutes read

You Have To Risk To Succeed – The Shot Not Taken

There is a great truth among those that have been successful. One must take a risk to succeed. The safe road is too popular. Thus, most people take it, and you will travel a…

📅 August 25, 2022 Grow From Failures ⏱ 2 minutes read

Multiple Contact Options – Make The Most Of Them

We often feel like we can not get away from work and those that want our time. However, multiple contact options can easily be overlooked. That can cause delays and information loss. The ease…

📅 August 23, 2022 Grow From Failures ⏱ 2 minutes read

Stay Healthy Or Pay The Price

We provide many ways to become a better developer. One of the best ways to do hits over the long run is to stay healthy. Big things like cancer and chronic disease can disrupt…

📅 August 18, 2022 Grow From Failures ⏱ 2 minutes read

Take The High Road – Avoid Shady Partners

In this episode, we share a story that shows us to take the high road. It is a road less traveled but one worth the effort. While shortcuts and quick fixes are often mistakes,…

📅 August 16, 2022 Grow From Failures ⏱ 2 minutes read

Project Completion – Cross The Finish Line

Project completion is the focus of this episode. We discuss how to start and implement a solution but ignore finishing. That changes in this story. We look at how “moving the goal line” can…

📅 August 11, 2022 Grow From Failures ⏱ 2 minutes read

Timely Billing – Avoid Headaches and Loss

We dive into the exciting world of accounting in this episode. Timely billing is the focus, and a worst-case scenario teaches the lesson. While the mistake is not directly mine in this story, I…

📅 August 9, 2022 Grow From Failures ⏱ 2 minutes read

Status Reporting – The Simple Solution For Avoiding Big Problems

Few things cause excitement like the phrase, “status reporting.” Yes, I know you are already quivering from anticipation, but that is our topic. This episode looks at how much confusion could have been avoided…

📅 August 4, 2022 Grow From Failures ⏱ 2 minutes read

Smart Scheduling – Including Buffer So It Can Flex

Our approach to becoming a better developer requires planning. Likewise, we need smart scheduling to hit our targets. That is the focus of this episode. I look back at a time when I overloaded…

📅 August 2, 2022 Grow From Failures ⏱ 3 minutes read

Making Good The Enemy of Better

There are many mistakes we make related to pushing too far or not pushing enough. The latter is where we make good the enemy of better. More precisely, good enough becomes our goal instead…

📅 July 28, 2022 Grow From Failures ⏱ 3 minutes read

Proving Your Worth – Understand Expectations

It is not at all uncommon to focus on proving your worth when you start a new job or enter a new environment. However, we expect more than others. We often make the mistake…