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Jul
21
Make Better Decisions with One Question

Make Better Decisions with One Question

Work and life are just a series of decisions we need to make.  Often there is not a clear best
3 min read
Jul
15
Tiny Thoughts: Parenting with Why

Tiny Thoughts: Parenting with Why

Parents, Understand the Why * I started reading the Blinks for the book Unlocking Parental Intelligence.  The need to read a
2 min read
Jul
15
Tiny Thoughts: Uncomfortable Feedback

Tiny Thoughts: Uncomfortable Feedback

Embrace Criticism & Feedback * Receiving and giving feedback, especially in the context of work, can be uncomfortable.  It’s precisely this
1 min read
Jul
08
Tiny Thoughts: Good Debt vs Bad Debt

Tiny Thoughts: Good Debt vs Bad Debt

* I’ve been reading Sam Dogen’s personal finance book Buy This, Not That.  Sam, aka the Financial Samurai, has
1 min read
Jul
05
Words Over Code: Grow Your Impact And Career Through Writing

Words Over Code: Grow Your Impact And Career Through Writing

Why Should You Improve Your Writing? We write all day long.  Engineers will write pull request descriptions, JIRA tickets, Slack
7 min read
Jul
01
Tiny Thoughts: Lifestyle Creep

Tiny Thoughts: Lifestyle Creep

Slow Down Lifestyle Creep * To build wealth, you need to save or invest the excess money you have each month.
1 min read
Jul
01
How to Write Well

How to Write Well

Good writing is when you respect your reader.  You do the work up front as the writer to make it
3 min read
Jun
24
Tiny Thoughts: What is Good Writing?

Tiny Thoughts: What is Good Writing?

The core principal of good writing is to respect your reader.  This explanation is what works for me and I
1 min read
Jun
24
Tiny Thoughts: Cutting Back on Snowflake

Tiny Thoughts: Cutting Back on Snowflake

* Snowflake is a cloud data warehouse to store all your analytics data.  To anyone that uses Snowflake, you’re likely
1 min read
Jun
24
Tiny Thoughts: Be Consistent, Not Perfect

Tiny Thoughts: Be Consistent, Not Perfect

* I was talking with a colleague of mine a few months ago and they mentioned how they wanted to write
1 min read