Once, I dreamt I had cancer. Conversations quickly turned to what I wanted to do in life. And then I woke up. It was literally a… wake-up call. Yet what I wanted to do in life was… a lot. How would I prioritize my bucket list? How would you prioritize? I’m using what I consider the last metric: deathbed regret. I had one clear thing. And then I did it! (And it sucked!) More on that in a sec… Continue reading The Last Metric
Category: challenge
I Am Writing A Book
If you’ve been reading this blog, you’ll notice that I haven’t been posting much lately.
If you’ve been writing this blog, you’ll notice that I haven’t been posting much lately, either, but you’re OK with it, since you’ve been prioritizing the rest of life, and since the role of this creative outlet is one of journal, where you think through your journey, aloud. This open ruminating on the odd intersection of personal development and Agility ultimately serves me. I am unabashedly the target audience.
(But he said in the title that he’s writing a book… tell us about THAT!) Continue reading I Am Writing A Book
A High Bar for Product Culture
My daughter is in the phase where she’s always asking me “why?”, so she asks me, “Why do you go to work?” …and I hate how a toddler has given me so much pause… because I don’t like my answer.
Here’s a window into an internal struggle:
Do you work for a company with an inspiring vision? Why the heck not? And why do you choose to spend your days contributing to a group that’s not improving humanity?
And now, here’s my struggle as I iterate on my Agility:
Why continue to focus on how things are being built & done when what we are building & doing is not improving humanity?
What do I tell my 2-year-old daughter? Continue reading A High Bar for Product Culture
How I Am Changing the World (spoiler: I’m now a Consultant)
plot: (4 min. read) Man starts a consultancy, has fun, and spreads the Agile mindset to change the world. And himself.
subplot: Man awakens the inherent change agent in the audience, asks to be a co-conspirator on their journey, and asks them to be a co-conspirator on his.
Hi. Help me change the world. I’ll tell you how in a second.
Oh, I have your attention? It helps when I use grandiose ideals like “change the world”, but I’m not baby goating kidding. Continue reading How I Am Changing the World (spoiler: I’m now a Consultant)
Start With Why
Why do you do what you do?
There. Don’t read the rest of this blog post. Just chew on the above for a solid minute. Five minutes, if you’re generous with yourself. Ten minutes, if you’re on a roll. Twenty minutes, if you’ve lost track of time and the thought of a growing inbox squeezed itself to the forefront. An hour, if you’re on one of those monk-like retreats where you’re on a vow of silence, and yet you’re reading blogs, like mine. A day, if you’re a fasting, silenting, enlightenmenting, non-showering, monkish type.
I mean, if you do decide to read on, you’ll see my notes on Start With Why, the book by Simon Sinek, as well as the results of what the book inspired me to do: figure out why I do what I do. Continue reading Start With Why