Last week I took a hiatus and put up a “Something something post” that was a link to a friend’s article about looking for a new opportunity in “Not Oregon”. It was ironic because I gave that friend a few reminders about the importance of their writing habit and then used them as cover for not having made enough time. The blood won’t wash off my Lady Macbeth hands.
Habit forming is hard. I started writing with a purpose. Part of the reason I was not able to post the past few weeks was the arrival of a newborn to my family. Another part of the reason I was not able to post yesterday was that I was busy working on the super-secret-sorry-to-vaguebook personal project. More on that soon.
I am investing some belated time to write a few words on habit forming. I saw a great book sprinkled around the offices of an html5 games company I went to visit. I am going to link it here and you should go buy it because it is a great book. I am also adding an affiliate link because I am curious to see if that works. If I descend into urging you to smash the subscribe button, this is where it all began.
Charles Duhigg’s The Power Of Habit
This is an extraordinary book and one of a few I am going to talk about as “transformative” in my career. I am glad I spotted it. I am glad I purchased it.
I have intentionally created a few habits since reading this book.
I think that if you can understand how to create your own habits, and you are in software development, you will find there is a correlation between figuring out how to apply this book to your livelihood and how big of a check you are getting for those services year over year. I do not yet have a fancy lambo to drive around to say I am an undisputed master of collecting and subsequently dispensing dead presidents, but I do okay.
I am going to get back to meatier subjects related to engineering management, product development, and product launches soon.
I apologize I have not had much to offer in the past dozens of days. I will be back to you soon with much to talk about.
Have a great work week and I appreciate all of you for shamelessly clicking on my experimental affiliate link above. I will let you know if it actually works.
If I don’t you can all complain about how cool I was before I got famous.
