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Sketchnote: Managing Oneself (Peter Drucker)
Xiaoxiao asked me to sketchnote Managing Oneself, a classic article by Peter Drucker. Here are my notes. Click on the image for a larger version. Please feel free to share this! (Creative Commons...
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The power of no: being completely* unhireable until 2017 (and possibly longer)
When I started this 5-year experiment, I didn’t know if I could stick with it. My track record for sticking with interests is not that good. I’m delighted to report that (semi-)retirement gets easier...
View ArticleThinking about rewards and recognition since I’m on my own
One of the things a good manager does is to recognize and reward people’s achievements, especially if people exceeded expectations. A large corporation might have some standard ways to reward good...
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Reflecting on my growth as a programmer
One of the things I realized from dealing with that programming issue is that I don’t have a mature development workflow for front-end work yet. On previous projects, I focused mostly on back-end...
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Sketched Book: Take Charge of Your Talent: Three Keys to Thriving in Your...
Don Maruska and Jay Perry’s Take Charge of Your Talent: Three Keys to Thriving in Your Career, Organization, and Life (2013) has plenty of tips for developing your skills and taking charge of your...
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Sketched Book – So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in...
It seems almost given that you should follow your passion, but what if you don’t know what that is? Or what if following your passion prematurely can lead to failure? In So Good They Can’t Ignore You:...
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