I've had a variety of managers as I have served in different roles across several companies. I respect some of the managers I have had and some of the other leaders up the chain of command. Others I do not respect - perhaps in terms of how they manage and maybe as individuals apart from …
Leap Year Lesson #13: Get Important Things Done Early
The most memorable advice I ever read regarding to-do lists is this: Make a list of all you need to do. Prioritize the items from most important to least important. Do the first thing on the list. Tear the list up, throw it away and do what you want the rest of the day because …
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Leap Year Lesson #12: Use It or Lose It
Actions we carry out repetitively become tasks we feel like we can do in our sleep. We get to a point where our bodies just seem to take control without much thought required. Take driving a car, for example. The 16-year-old first learning to drive is intensely focused on every action while the experienced driver (for good or bad) perhaps focuses more …
Leap Year Lesson #11: Don’t Burn Bridges
There was a point about 5-6 years ago when my relationships with a couple of people I had to work with regularly were quite strained. We disagreed often on what we thought we ought to do both at a strategic and implementation level. It would have been very easy to let our differences result in a permanent break in …
Leap Year Lesson #10: Tackle Hard Things
You and I have to decide what we try to accomplish in life - at work, at play, for hobbies, in relationships, in matters of more eternal significance... you can think of other categories. We can either slide by with some perceived minimum amount of effort or we can imagine and attempt things that most …
