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Your Influence is Catalyzed By What is Influencing You
February 26, 2020

It's easy to look at our daily lives to evaluate what we're doing as individuals. In today's episode, we're getting introspective and talking about our influence from another person's perspective.

Your Time is An Account With An Unknown Balance
February 25, 2020

Each day you're living a piece of your life and if you were to think of time as a currency that is always flowing out. You have an account and that account has a certain amount of time in it but you don't know how much you have in that account. In today's

Don't Make the Problem Fit the Model
February 21, 2020

One of the most critical skills is the ability to map information and relate it to other information. In today's episode, we're talking about mapping models that go wrong and how forcing a concept into the wrong model can cause major problems in software

Implicit Models and Processes
February 19, 2020

What actions have you taken in the last hour? In today's episode we're talking about the simple fact that everything we do is governed by some sort of process.

Measuring Freedom to Change
February 17, 2020

Why is it so hard for managers to create freedom and autonomy for their teams in a modern work environment? Today, we'll talk about how we can offer more autonomy to our team as well as bring value to the company.

Embracing Confusion
February 14, 2020

What does it mean to be confused? What is happening in our brains and what is happening in reality? In today's episode, we're digging into confusion and the role of perception in the work you do.

Thought Experiment - Rejecting Your Intuitive Solution
February 12, 2020

Today we've got a thought experiment with the goal of flexing your lateral thinking muscles.

You Don't Have to Be a Slave to Self-Improvement
February 10, 2020

Why do you think you need to be great? In today's episode, we're getting clear on why we're motivated to reach our goals as developers and why we can so easily get caught in a trap of working in one particular area when we should be focusing on a bigger p

Getting Stacked Value From your Daily Activities
February 07, 2020

What makes something worth doing? How do you decide what activities are worth doing?

Defining Your Reference Points
February 05, 2020

What was the last question someone asked you that changed the way you think today?