After deployments to Afghanistan, I have changed my expectations in life.
There is nothing wrong with desiring more for everyone. Opportunity, options, open doors and everything else.
Continuing to create environments where people are heard, ideas are discussed, and products are built is what I focus on today.
Overcoming disappointment in myself and people around me is more realistic than hoping everything comes together perfectly on schedule.
Most problems we’re trying to solve using teamwork in product development should be set with realistic expectations. And, they should have goals and outcomes to aspire toward.
Shall we set expectations correctly so that we’re not disappointed?
Do you ever wonder if you’re an approval junky?
Transparent admission for the world to read.
To an extent, I am. Many of us are, if we dare to admit it.
It can become an addiction, if we’re not careful to understand what is missing that compliment fill.
Here’s the point I like to think about.
“A compliment is verbal sunshine.” – Robert Orben
Lifting people is never wrong, within reason. Acknowledging examples of outstanding individual or team effort is appropriate.
For teamwork to happen over long periods of time periods, we need to compliment each other for the work that gets done.
Product development works when the people doing the work get the credit they deserve for work well done.
Do you ever find yourself making work overly complicated or complex?
I do from time to time. It happens when I’m trying to map a process down to the smallest detail.
When I hit that point, I need to take a step back and ask myself, “Will this add, create, or enhance the value of the products we build?”
If the answer isn’t a measurable “yes”, then it’s time to scrap the process.
I cannot go back in time and write a proven, working process. I can decide a process isn’t working and figure out a better way of doing it while documenting it.
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start. Anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. – Carl Bard
What processes do you need to stop doing or change in 2024?
