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Don’t Call It a Resolution: Why New Year’s Goals Are Superior

I love setting goals at the beginning of a new year. However, let's be clear here: I set New Year's goals, not a resolution.

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Learn a simple narrative pattern to help you tell effective, complete, and impactful stories in many professional situations.

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I recently spent a week of working vacation in California. Here are a few tips I will focus on while working remotely in the future.

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I recently spent time configuring Doom Emacs to be my email client. Let's go over my configuration and talk through some pain points.

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I use the digital whiteboard Miro as a personal organization tool. This is how I build a custom weekly planner for managing my to-do list.

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Unlock strategies for effective communication and timely conflict resolution. Learn to overcome the Fool's Choice.

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Let's talk about how to make mistakes, and how to improve your work and your learning by letting go of perfection.

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Recently I took advantage of a rules feature in Outlook. Here are the steps to forward meeting invitations from Outlook into Gmail.

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Physical objects center us, and puzzles are fun! Learn about Killer Sudoku and how tangible activities help create better offline breaks

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Context switching can be difficult for developers working on projects with different tech stacks, clientele, and product concerns.

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My wife and I borrowed from the world of programming and use sprint-based backlog management in preparation for an upcoming home sale.

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Often, worries show up in the shadowy, less-conscious parts of my mind. This tool helps me gain perspective on worrying at work.