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Sometimes Your Best Move is to Let Someone Else Take Over

August 11, 2020 by Jon

There’s a certain appeal to believing you can do it all. As a manager working for a company undergoing steady growth, it’s easy to get caught up in the self-importance …

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Day 97: Embrace Your Own Work Style

August 5, 2020 by Jon
pair of red-and-yellow sneakers

I’m not anyone but myself. I’m not Cal Newport, though I really like his books. I’m not James Clear, though I think he has some really great ideas about productivity …

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Day 83: Focus is a Professional Super Power

July 22, 2020 by Jon
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A while back I read a book call Deep Work. I’ve already reviewed the book before so I’ll not rehash things here, but at an incredibly high level the book …

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Day 80: Showing Up is Half the Battle

July 19, 2020 by Jon

A couple of days ago I was struck by this thought: you’ll find your way through most challenges if you just keep showing up. At the time, I was thinking …

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Day 79: Develop Technical Skills

July 18, 2020 by Jon

As I mentioned yesterday, a couple of weeks ago I was interviewed for an upcoming podcast. The host’s final question was about the sort of advice I would give to …

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Day 78: Don’t Be Scared of Sales

July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 by Jon

About a week ago I was interviewed for a podcast (not published yet). One of the questions that the host asked me towards the end interview went something like this: …

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Day 75: I Once Had 5 Different Full Time Jobs in 3 Years

July 14, 2020 by Jon

Between the fall of 2004 and the fall of 2007 I had 5 jobs. The longest lasted 13 months, the shortest a mere 6 months. Since then, over the last …

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Day 74: Learning Something New

July 13, 2020 by Jon

For the last several weeks my friend (and boss) Mark has been after me to upgrade my webcam game. And I’ve been dragging my feet. See the thing is that …

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Day 63: An Everyday Perspective Statement for Work

July 7, 2020July 2, 2020 by Jon
Stay positive. Be available. Solving problems for others is your job.

One of the things I’ve been thinking a lot about lately is how to organize my priorities and responsibilities at work. I’ve been open about the fact that at times …

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Day 56: Chaos and Clarity

July 1, 2020June 25, 2020 by Jon

I picked up The Room Where It Happened by John Bolton. It was a bit of an impulse purchase–the initial hand-wringing by the Trump administration about the book’s publication made …

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