The IT Professional who manages their time well focuses on the most important things. They deliver the most value. They have their projects completed on time. They do not let important things “slip through the cracks” because they got distracted by trivialities.
The ability to stay calm, present, and focused is critical for IT Professionals. Mindfulness Meditation is the best way to improve those qualities.
IT Leaders… Take a look in the mirror and ask yourself this question: “Am I delivering difference-making technology to my organization, or am I maintaining the status quo?” If your answer is the former: Congrats…you are doing your job as an IT Leader. If your answer is the latter: Read on. As an IT leader, one of the most critical […]
I am about to make the most obvious statement anyone in IT has ever made: Technology is Changing. Of course technology is changing, technology by its very nature evolves. What we must understand, is that as technology changes; IT Leaders and Professionals need to change as well. It is no longer enough to be great technicians, we must be great […]
We are all negotiators. All day, every day, we are in the midst of negotiations — whether we know it or not. Just think about it, we are continuously interacting with people, trying to sway their opinion to see things our way. With our partner, or significant other — Where should we go for dinner? With our children — You […]
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The man who never reads lives only one.” – George R.R. Martin I love to read. I have always loved to read. I was that kid, that when my parents said “lights out”, who was under the covers with a flashlight and a book — reading. When I […]
Picture the scene in your mind’s eye… You have a talented employee. A diamond in the rough who excels at their job and is a prime candidate for continued growth within your organization. The first couple years on the job, they were a dynamo. They knocked every project out of the park. They were enthused and you could always count […]
Let’s face it; being an IT Professional is stressful. Between security threats, crashing servers, network outages, buggy code, and a thousand other things; it seems as though we are constantly bobbing and weaving, trying to react or respond to the next event that will stress us out and ruin our day. Sometimes, it seems like it would be nice to […]
Picture the scene in your mind’s eye… The CEO is in the doorstep of your office or cubicle, he is angry, even a little enraged. Email is down and he is awaiting a critical message regarding a key acquisition. However, your organization is on Office 365. You have placed a support call and you are now waiting for Microsoft to […]
“Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary.” – Jim Rohn Reading is one of the most powerful things we can do to continue to develop ourselves, both personally and professionally. I made it a goal a few years back to read at least one business, personal, or professional development book per month. Now, this goal is […]