Taking Personal Accountability for Systematic...

The skills you build and the tools you master matter, but they aren't your most important asset when things go wrong — and something eventually will. In this episode, I work through why our careers and lives are governed more by avoiding catastrophic downside than by chasing upsi ...  Show more

If you are a manager, a lead engineer, or anyone growing into more responsibility, this throwback episode is built for you. We keep hearing the same question, now louder than ever: "Why can't this go faster?" AI and agentic coding have made the literal coding step dramatically ch ...  Show more

<div>It's much easier to point out when someone else makes a mistake or is acting out of character than it is to check yourself. In today's episode, I talk about holding ourselves accountable and checking ourselves when we're not being the best that we can be. It's important to t ...  Show more

In our drive to be productive, it’s easy to miss out on one essential step: reflection. Often, we focus on doing more and checking things off without truly understanding our progress or the adjustments that might lead to deeper fulfillment and ease in our work.In the final episod ...  Show more

Ooh, let's do a juicy interactive podcast episode! *PLEASE TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN WELL-BEING.* In this ep., we dive into how we can understand our self-concept, specifically through the lens of something we currently really want/around a major "decision maker" in o ...  Show more

In episode 437, we talked about accountability, noting that before you can hold other people accountable, you need to take responsibility and hold yourself to the same standards. In this episode, we take a deeper dive into the subject of accountability to tal ...