Personal Excellence Comes First

In his book, Stephen Covey split the seven habits of highly effective people into two categories: personal and interpersonal habits.  He felt that the personal skills came first.  Communicating goals with another person isn’t useful unless you have the discipline to act on those goals.  Personal excellence comes first. I think this a point that […]

How to Stay Motivated in Long Projects

At some point in every long project, you’ll hit a motivational rock-bottom.  A bad day, week, or month where you don’t feel like doing any work.  You’ve been writing, coding and working for months and the initial enthusiasm that got you started is gone.  Now you’re left staring at your computer screen blankly, as doubts […]

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