I had decided making stuff was worth it so I started. Then came the doubts. I was ready to walk away. Except I didn’t.
Here’s how I stopped my brain from freaking out and kept going.
The Variety Show w/ Michael & Robert Ep. 005
I’ve been creating Youtube videos for a month now, since November 8th, 2021. They have been vlogs of 2-10 minutes in length. Here are my observations 1 month in it.
I believe reflection is an important part of personal growth. Rather than reflect on successes and failures alone. This is a exercise in reflection structured around by personal priorities.
What to do About That Feeling That You’re Not Going Fast Enough
2 MAJOR Adjustments to Make When You are Promoted to Manager Transition from a ‘doer’ to a ‘manager’ is difficult. Books have been written about
I improve a process and I share the process with the team. Everyone wins. I create a tool or automate something that’s usually done manually?
Project management is story telling. When I think of great authors in history, I think of big brained creatives, creatives who were more like hippies than like me (in my day-time form that I assume between 9-5 Monday to Friday). When you’re managing a project you’re the author ✍️. You’re the nexus of information that ties the multiple threads of information across dimensions of time, space and people together. The publisher may have solicited you to write a particular type of book, but when it comes to the implementation of that vision, it’s you as the project manager that has the power to make it successful or to let is crash and burn and fall out of the eyes of historians eager for an excuse to document your work.
I like to talk a lot, but I’m not the best communicator. How can I have better, more impactful communication?
Everyone is the protagonist in their story. If we all interacted respectfully with the NPCs in our lives, the world would be a better place.
The knock against reality TV shows is that they’re only as good as their premise and producers. I think there’s more to it. Any (non-government-subsidized) TV show is an entertainment product. And, an entertainment product thrives when its entertainment-value is sustained over time. If it’s not sustained over time the show dies.
Who? This space is for curious people looking to improve their lives. What? I write about how I’m building my life. Why? Early on other’s
Periodically I will check-in publicly on the progress of my content as I see it. These posts are time capsules. Here’s an update 3 months in.
I want to be healthy today and for the rest of my life, but my current strategy is “don’t worry about it until it’s a problem.” That’s a terrible strategy. What am I going to change?