Challenges come up every day. Even easy stuff. Today, we had a customer request to put two electronic components into one enclosure. For context this is extremely unusual and to my knowledge, never been done before. But instead of just answering the email myself, I took the opportunity to give my back up colleague a … Read more
Climbing Mt Everest has never been on my radar as a life goal. Without even knowing all the dangers and statistics, it just never had any appeal to me. Not. One. Bit. This weekend, I found out my wife is a big fan of the psychology of high altitude climbing disasters. With my mouth slightly … Read more
We got a new challenge from Ashley Joi with Centr to do 10 burpees in 10 seconds. I’ll give it a go tomorrow. We get these challenges periodically and they’re a nice way to push ourselves. On Friday, I did Dan’s Tabata challenge and my glutes are still sore two days later. It’s easy to … Read more
In a scene from Pee Wee’s big adventure, his friend Simone is thinking about quitting her job as a waitress to follow her dreams. Pee Wee drops some wisdom saying that everyone he knows has a big but. Hilarious line, but it’s true. Most people will find excuses for not going after something they want. … Read more
What problems are you looking to solve? Where do you go to look for solutions? Are you even trying to find a solution? What about problems you’ve had in the past? How did you overcome them? Did you seek answers or did you brute force trial and error? Oftentimes, when we face a challenge we … Read more
The structure of a story begins with a hero being presented with a challenge. And then the hero must embark on a journey to learn how to overcome this challenge. Failures along the way highlight the difficulties that must be overcome. That way, when the hero succeeds in the end, the victory feels rewarding. But … Read more