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May 2, 2023May 1, 2023Book Review

Book Review: The Expectation Effect

The Expectation Effect

Can your expectations heal you? Can they kill you? Can they make you happier? You will find the answer to all of these questions in The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Change Your World by David Robson.

April 25, 2023April 24, 2023Book Excerpts, Books

Agile Discovery & Delivery: Survival Tips

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Each chapter of my new book, Agile Discovery & Delivery, has a survival tips section. The survival tips are bite-sized suggestions that new engineers can easily use to make their lives and products better or easier.

April 18, 2023April 17, 2023Book Excerpts, Books

Agile Book Excerpt: Introduction

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Today’s excerpt is from the book introduction. I start with a true story about my time at National Geographic and then outline who this book is for and why.

April 11, 2023April 10, 2023Books

Agile Discovery & Delivery Outline

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Last week, I announced that my new book, Agile Discovery & Delivery, will be arriving in June! This week, I’ll take you a bit deeper and share the high-level outline for the book.

April 4, 2023April 3, 2023Books

New Book: Agile Discovery & Delivery

My new book is coming out in June! It’s called Agile Discovery & Delivery: A Survival Guide for New Software Engineers & Entrepreneurs. It covers agile software development from start to finish – discovery to delivery.

March 28, 2023March 27, 2023Financial Independence, Simplification

Fulfillment Over Wealth

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One of the things I’ve been pondering lately is the idea of maximizing fulfillment over wealth. It’s a different way of thinking about intentionality which is crafting the life you really want to be living.

March 21, 2023March 19, 2023Book Review

Book Report: The Catalyst

The Catalyst Book

The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone’s Mind by Jonah Berger is Sales 101 in an easy-to-understand, interesting format.

March 14, 2023March 13, 2023Habits

The Life-changing Magic of…Accountability

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I’ve learned something about myself in the past few years. If I have a team that’s excited to collaborate on something, I stay engaged and focused. If it’s just me, I fail every single time. I need that external accountability and I’m not the only one.

March 7, 2023March 6, 2023Travel

New Zealand: The South Island

Milford Sound

This is the third and final installment of my New Zealand travel series. This post chronicles our final leg of the trip to the South Island: Te Waipounamu.

February 28, 2023February 27, 2023Travel

Trip to Middle Earth: New Zealand’s Wellington

Amber in Wellington

Wellington is located at the Southern tip of the North Island. It is built along a protected harbor with houses climbing up the slopes surrounding it. It’s truly gorgeous.

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