Von Restorff Isolation Effect and a Backfiring of Process
The Von Restorff effect says we remember things that stand out. This is probably mostly intuitive - "that stood out to me" is a common colloquialism. But what isn't intuitive is the implied downside o...
25 Feb 202413min
Perform a Career Premortem
In today's episode, we do a journaling exercise to provide a new lens on developing your own career roadmap.We're going to practice the power of hindsight, finding our wiser selves, and ultimately loo...
22 Feb 202415min
Delegation, Ownership, Responsibility, and Agency
As you grow your career, you will continuously lean on delegation to scale your efforts and focus on the most important things.True delegation requires ownership, and ownership can be thought of in tw...
16 Feb 202416min
Apply Little's Law To What You Can Control
Little's Law explains, in a given queuing system, what the relationships of throughput within that system are. We can garner insights both for our work, and for our own lives, by recognizing how these...
3 Feb 202412min
Finding Leverage by Escaping Functional Fixedness
Finding leverage is difficult to do, but a lot of the reason for this is that we allow ourselves to fall into well-traveled cognitive pathways. If we reject the solution domain-set that comes to mind ...
26 Jan 202412min
Is it Actually Important to Question Assumptions?
In today's episode, we discuss turtles, resolutions, and why your beliefs and what you see as fact is probably worth questioning anyway.📮 Ask a QuestionIf you enjoyed this episode and would like me t...
16 Jan 20249min
9 Years - Persistence by Reducing Expectation
Today Marks 9 Years of Developer Tea.Thank you all for your support, and your friendship. I wish you all well on your journey, and may you find clarity, perspective, and purpose. (Don't worry, we aren...
5 Jan 202418min
Good Plans, Bad Plans, and Road Trips
What characterizes good plans from bad ones? And how can you make your plans better on average? In this episode we discuss how to better organize your intentions and processes to yield better plans.🎙...
15 Des 202319min
