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Unplug from the news

October 10th, 2008 · Comments

I’ve been glued to the news this week and filled up on too much doom and gloom. There are plenty of positive things to focus on. Even if this is the start of a recession, focusing on a tanking stock market doesn’t do any good as a developer. For you stock traders, yeah, you’re boned. [...]

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Tags: Economics · Education · Rock Climbing · Skiing · Software Development

Failure - Go out and find it

August 2nd, 2008 · Comments

A Saturday thought on failure…
I’m not kidding in the title. You should be looking for areas to fail in. You can’t succeed without it. If you’re not accustomed to pushing yourself to the limit, you’ll never reach a goal that exists at the limit.
You should put yourself in situations that significantly challenge your ability to [...]

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Tags: Economics · Education · Managing · Rock Climbing