The Person You Will Be in 5 Years, Part 4: The Habits You Adopt

When you hear the word habit, what pops into your mind? Is it something physical like smoking or, more positively, exercise? Or is it something less tangible like procrastination? In a recent U.S. News and World Report Survey, over 72% stated that they experienced "sub-par" sleep primarily due to poor sleep habits and 19% said … Continue reading The Person You Will Be in 5 Years, Part 4: The Habits You Adopt

The Person You Will Be in 5 years, Part 3: The People You Spend Time With

As I sit here typing this, I realized the amount of change that has happened in this specific area of my life over the years. When you are young[er] you may focus on people that share similar environments to you as people that you want to spend time with. This is a time of convenience … Continue reading The Person You Will Be in 5 years, Part 3: The People You Spend Time With

The Person You Will Be in 5 years, Part 2: The Food You Eat

If you know me, you know that I haven't always had the most healthy habits around food. For the better part of my life, growing up in the 70s and 80s, I ate processed foods as well as highly refined sugars in the form of really tasty stuff. Yes, I admit it, I enjoy desserts! … Continue reading The Person You Will Be in 5 years, Part 2: The Food You Eat

The Person You Will Be in 5 years, Part 1: The Books You Read

As I was scrolling through the Insta's this morning, I was reminded of the need to constantly and relentlessly improve. Wow, that sounded really arrogant and maybe that is the reason why this simple list of "things" from Jay Vallotton impacted me more than the simple self-improvement post that I oftentimes just glide by. Not … Continue reading The Person You Will Be in 5 years, Part 1: The Books You Read

From Manager to Agile Leader

This is a repost of a blog I wrote for MATRIX Resources. See more at: http://www.matrixres.com/resources/blogs/ Dear Coach Josh, Last month our CEO sent out a memo stating that our company was now an Agile company. I know what Agile is, but I don’t know what to do now because I am a manager. I have heard that Agile no longer uses managers and I have been reminded of this by some of my employees after attending a training session. Help! Signed, Scared in Scrum