Should you live every day like it's your last? What about preparing for the future? Chasing your goals and dreams? How can you both be mindful of the present moment and plan for the future? We don't have every answer to that question, but we'll discuss the tension on today's episode. ✨ Sponsor: Command Line Heroes Command Line Heroes is a podcast that tells the epic true tales of developers, programmers, hackers, geeks, and open source rebels who are revolutionizing the technology landscape. Che...
Jul 06, 2021•12 min•Ep. 974
There's too much to remember. Instead, integrate that information. You don't need to memorize everything. Develop your intuition.
Jul 02, 2021•9 min•Ep. 973
When two smart people or groups disagree, what is happening? Sometimes one is plainly wrong about the facts. But more often than not, these two people are arguing from a local rationale. We'll talk about local vs global rationale in this episode and how they apply to your job as an engineer or manager. ✨ Sponsor: Remote Works (Podcast) The way we work has changed forever. In each episode of Remote Works, Host Melanie Green, tells an insightful story about how people and companies are adapting. C...
Jul 01, 2021•16 min•Ep. 972
We intuitively imagine our skills and capabilities to be one-dimensional and permanent. However, what goes into whether we can actually execute on our skills is multi-dimensional. In today's episode, we'll discuss a frame of thinking for capabilities that provides a lens for thinking about constraints and context. ✨ Sponsor: Square Payment acceptance can be one of the most painful parts of building a web app for a business. When implementing checkout, you want it to be simple to build, secure, a...
Jun 29, 2021•14 min•Ep. 971
Call it luck, serendipity, or chance - all of these unexpected moments of life require entropy to occur. On the other hand, if we don't control our lives to some extent, we'll never be able to make meaningful progress in a chosen direction. How do we invite luck into our lives without floundering in place endlessly? ✨ Sponsor: Remote Works (Podcast) The way we work has changed forever. In each episode of Remote Works, Host Melanie Green, tells an insightful story about how people and companies a...
Jun 23, 2021•12 min•Ep. 970
When you think about probabilities, you likely think in one of two ways. We'll talk about both of these models for probabilistic analysis, their drawbacks, and decision-making in the face of uncertainty. ✨ Sponsor: Square Payment acceptance can be one of the most painful parts of building a web app for a business. When implementing checkout, you want it to be simple to build, secure, and slick to use. Square’s new Web Payment SDK raises the bar in payment acceptance developer experience and prov...
Jun 21, 2021•19 min•Ep. 969
Humans are driven to resolve cognitive dissonance as efficiently as possible. We pay little regard to whether our solutions are accurate or correct, but rather we only seek harmony in our minds. Unfortunately this can mean reinforcing unhealthy thought patterns and incorrect beliefs. However, cognitive dissonance can be turned around and used towards positive gains. ✨ Sponsor: Remote Works (Podcast) The way we work has changed forever. In each episode of Remote Works, Host Melanie Green, tells a...
Jun 16, 2021•16 min•Ep. 968
How does learning happen? In one fell swoop - linear? Or is there another path that learning takes? We pass judgment on ourselves and others, designing our attempts in ways that are suboptimal based on the assumption of linearity. Almost nothing is truly linear. ✨ Sponsor: Square Payment acceptance can be one of the most painful parts of building a web app for a business. When implementing checkout, you want it to be simple to build, secure, and slick to use. Square’s new Web Payment SDK raises ...
Jun 14, 2021•16 min•Ep. 967
If you don't understand the motivations underlying your goals, you will always deal with brittle, high-stakes situations. If you understand your goals through the lens of your deeper human motivations, you will be more able to see the flexibility and many pathways to success.
Jun 11, 2021•11 min•Ep. 966
We grow up believing there is a continuum from serious to fun, and that as you get older, you traverse towards the serious side. The truth is, the more serious you are, the more fun you need to be able to incorporate in your audacious goals. Throw out the continuum - it's a fallacy. ✨ Sponsor: Square Payment acceptance can be one of the most painful parts of building a web app for a business. When implementing checkout, you want it to be simple to build, secure, and slick to use. Square’s new We...
Jun 09, 2021•16 min•Ep. 965
Your obstacles are not a test of pride or an opportunity to prove yourself. They are in your way. There's more than one way to deal with this - so why do we so often choose a difficult path? Perhaps it is pride, or maybe we like testing our fortitude. But if you care less about proving yourself and more about accomplishing your goals, you need to look at obstacles with more nuance. In this episode, we talk about making your obstacles irrelevant. ✨ Sponsor: Remote Works (Podcast) The way we work ...
Jun 07, 2021•15 min•Ep. 964
Growth and comfort rarely mix. But there's more to growth than getting uncomfortable. Different kinds of growth produce different kinds of uncomfortability; which types are you seeking?
Jun 04, 2021•10 min•Ep. 963
What specific components of your situation have an outsized effect on you? What resonates in a given scenario? This mental model will help us understand and come to accept why sometimes things just "click." ✨ Sponsor: Remote Works (Podcast) The way we work has changed forever. In each episode of Remote Works, Host Melanie Green, tells an insightful story about how people and companies are adapting. Check out Remote Works wherever you get your podcasts! 📮 Ask a Question If you enjoyed this episo...
Jun 02, 2021•15 min•Ep. 962
You've hit a plateau - now what? Today we'll discuss two models for reframing your plateaus; perhaps you haven't hit the wall you think you've hit. ✨ Sponsor: Square Payment acceptance can be one of the most painful parts of building a web app for a business. When implementing checkout, you want it to be simple to build, secure, and slick to use. Square’s new Web Payment SDK raises the bar in payment acceptance developer experience and provides a best-in-class interface for merchants and buyers....
May 31, 2021•15 min•Ep. 961
In today's episode, we talk about how your baseline perceptions and assumptions are the building blocks of your leverage. ✨ Sponsor: Remote Works (Podcast) The way we work has changed forever. In each episode of Remote Works, Host Melanie Green, tells an insightful story about how people and companies are adapting. Check out Remote Works wherever you get your podcasts! 📮 Ask a Question If you enjoyed this episode and would like me to discuss a question that you have on the show, drop it over at...
May 28, 2021•14 min•Ep. 960
Ethan Kross joins me today to talk about the importance of our inner voices. In his new book, Chatter, Ethan outlines how our inner voices affect us and how we can shape them as a helpful tool. Chatter on Amazon ✨ Sponsor: Square Payment acceptance can be one of the most painful parts of building a web app for a business. When implementing checkout, you want it to be simple to build, secure, and slick to use. Square’s new Web Payment SDK raises the bar in payment acceptance developer experience ...
May 26, 2021•36 min•Ep. 959
Ethan Kross joins me today to talk about the importance of our inner voices. In his new book, Chatter, Ethan outlines how our inner voices affect us and how we can shape them as a helpful tool. Chatter on Amazon ✨ Sponsor: Remote Works (Podcast) The way we work has changed forever. In each episode of Remote Works, Host Melanie Green, tells an insightful story about how people and companies are adapting. Check out Remote Works wherever you get your podcasts! 📮 Ask a Question If you enjoyed this ...
May 24, 2021•28 min•Ep. 959
Humans have the unique ability to intentionally practice and better ourselves. What makes you grow? Are you inviting those triggers and contexts into your regular schedule? How are you making time for growth? Join the Developer Tea Discord community here: https://developertea.com/discord
May 21, 2021•9 min•Ep. 958
You have the greatest potential to coach yourself. But first, you need to understand the ground rules, and build your coaching skills. We start that journey in this episode. ✨ Sponsor: Voyage Voyage is a tool built by and for developers. Voyage saves hours of your time by automating staging environments of your full-stack app for each pull request; and it includes feedback tools with each deployment so you don't have to juggle emails, slack messages, and excel spreadsheets from your counterparts...
May 19, 2021•20 min•Ep. 957
How do you determine what is valid, authoritative, useful, and true in your daily decisions and actions? What are your "sources of truth"? ✨ Sponsor: Voyage Voyage is a tool built by and for developers. Voyage saves hours of your time by automating staging environments of your full-stack app for each pull request; and it includes feedback tools with each deployment so you don't have to juggle emails, slack messages, and excel spreadsheets from your counterparts. Set sail with Voyage and save tim...
May 17, 2021•13 min•Ep. 956
Ben Franklin used a system of improvement that we can learn from. The idea is simple: focus on one thing at a time.
May 14, 2021•9 min•Ep. 955
On today's episode, I interview a personal hero of mine in the podcasting world, Katy Milkman. Katy is the host of Choiceology, a podcast about why and how we make the choices we make. Katy also just released a brand new book, How To Change - be sure to check out both of these incredible resources! Choiceology on Schwab.com How To Change on Amazon ✨ Sponsor: Voyage Voyage is a tool built by and for developers. Voyage saves hours of your time by automating staging environments of your full-stack ...
May 12, 2021•37 min•Ep. 953
The previous episode's audio had a bit of a hiccup - this one is fixed. Sorry about that! On today's episode, I interview a personal hero of mine in the podcasting world, Katy Milkman. Katy is the host of Choiceology, a podcast about why and how we make the choices we make. Katy also just released a brand new book, How To Change - be sure to check out both of these incredible resources! Choiceology on Schwab.com How To Change on Amazon ✨ Sponsor: Voyage Voyage is a tool built by and for develope...
May 10, 2021•29 min•Ep. 954
Our inside view is not on the outside of others' inside views. In order to think empathetically, we need to develop skepticism about our own perspectives.
May 07, 2021•12 min•Ep. 952
Our inside view is made up of invisible, inescapable walls. Can we simulate an outside view? ✨ Sponsor: Voyage Voyage is a tool built by and for developers. Voyage saves hours of your time by automating staging environments of your full-stack app for each pull request; and it includes feedback tools with each deployment so you don't have to juggle emails, slack messages, and excel spreadsheets from your counterparts. Set sail with Voyage and save time and headaches with our automated staging env...
May 05, 2021•15 min•Ep. 952
Uniqueness is not inherently valuable. Our heuristic brains interpret uniqueness as worth paying attention to and possibly valuable, and for that reason we tend to over-index on protecting that value by resisting things that make us less unique. But this can lead to inefficiency or an inaccurate picture of what actually generates value for your venture. ✨ Sponsor: Voyage Voyage is a tool built by and for developers. Voyage saves hours of your time by automating staging environments of your full-...
May 03, 2021•16 min•Ep. 951
Best practices feel universally and always applicable, but like anything, best practices require context.
Apr 30, 2021•10 min•Ep. 950
In today's episode, we welcome back to the show Ali Spittel! Ali is a developer advocate at AWS Amplify. So, naturally in this episode, we discuss topics around what it means to be a developer advocate! Ali has a passion for making code accessible and fun, and you'll hear that in this episode. ✨ Sponsor: Linode Thank you to long time sponsor and friends of the show Linode for sponsoring today's episode! Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, ...
Apr 29, 2021•29 min•Ep. 949
In today's episode, we welcome back to the show Ali Spittel! Ali is a developer advocate at AWS Amplify. So, naturally in this episode, we discuss topics around what it means to be a developer advocate! Ali has a passion for making code accessible and fun, and you'll hear that in this and the next episode. ✨ Sponsor: Linode Thank you to long time sponsor and friends of the show Linode for sponsoring today's episode! Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and deve...
Apr 27, 2021•26 min•Ep. 948
It's easy to imagine we are more complex and others are more simple than is true. Often, we see ourselves as having nuance, while others are characterized once and that characterization may never be updated. In this episode we'll talk about this inversion, and how to push back on it.
Apr 23, 2021•7 min•Ep. 947
