Category: workflow

  • Attention

    Earlier on in my professional career, I was often told that I need to determine how to better manage my time. I mean often. Mind, it was very much needed at the time, but more and more I find that time isn’t my biggest issue. These days, it is my attention. “So you mean priority, right?” No, I…

  • Let's Be Honest: Part I

    Another week where my pen refuses to move so we’re here again. However, this is a special note related to social media because mental and emotional health are important as is the much-avoided subject of honesty. So let’s be honest about things. I’ve seen so many postings about protesters burning things and destroying their communities (football…

  • Friend and Foe Recognition: Part I

    One of the best things about my professional life this year is that there is a more clear definition for me in terms of “friends” and “foes”. By this I mean that you’ll run into people that either: Want to help you Don’t want to help you Please note: I’m not speaking of active harm…

  • Mentorship

    Over the years, I’ve carried a secret mission to find a mentor of some kind. This has proven very difficult in a time where the most common answer to a question is, “you could probably google that”. The thing is, even though answers are a lot more accessible than they have ever been, there is…

  • Do What You Can

    This week has been a rough one and that has come all the way down to work. Some days, I sit here thinking about all the way we’ve come and what’s been both gained and lost in between. I feel helpless when I think about how to get back to “the way things used to…