Tag: Most

What I Tell Myself When I’m The Most Depressed

It’s okay to be down, it’s not okay to stay down. Over the past 5 years alone, I’ve dealt with more mental health issues than I can count on my fingers. Psychiatrists have given me just about every label that you can think of. While labels gave me clarity, I found myself p...

How to Make the Most of It

How do you use your time well? That’s a simple question with a very complicated answer. The idea of using time well is something I’ve written about in various places and for many years, but I’ve never approached the question: What is a good use of time? How do we know? ...

The Most Obvious Thing About The Top Performers (That Nobody Talks About)

I fear some people accidentally fell down this rabbit hole. Putting things off until 50 years later, they’ve run out of time. I was walking down this road until I snapped myself out of it. And if you’re worried you’re walking down that road too, this is for you. Success leave...

The Peculiar And Heinous Tedium Of Most Meetings

Almost everyone I’ve ever worked with hates meetings, or at the very least pretends to hate meetings but really likes going to them because they fill up the day and prevent real work (a-ha!), and yet despite decades now of “A meeting that could have been an email” memes, ...

Get the most out of Scrum

One of my favourite quotes about the Scrum framework comes from Craig Larman and Bas Vodde when they discuss why Scrum has been so popular. The conclusion they land on is that: Scrum hits an ideal balance between abstract principles and concrete practices. Scrum is beautiful in its simplic...