Great advice. In a past job teaching Martial Arts, we called that an Anchor. Just like for a boat, an Anchor keeps you in one spot, or in this case, one mind frame.
Having an Anchor like putting your watch on is great for keeping you in the right mindframe, both for work and for personal time.
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Learn how to do business and learn how to manage expectations. At least if you're working for yourself you better.
The technical aspects of my work is the easy part. Leaving a client happy, even if I've done my job perfectly and provided deliverables as we agreed, ahead of schedule, and under budget, is hard. Human psychology is much more complicated that computer systems.
The technical aspects of my work is the easy part. Leaving a client happy, even if I've done my job perfectly and provided deliverables as we agreed, ahead of schedule, and under budget, is hard. Human psychology is much more complicated that computer systems.
About that "challenging task": I've found that thinking too hard about it keeps me from figuring it out. Once I've thought it over long enough to decide it really is hard, I stop thinking about it - consciously. Somewhere out of site, however, some part of my mind, which doesn't like to be watched, does keep thinking about it and will call me when it's figured it out.
Sort of like not bothering the chef while he/she is at working the kitchen...
Sort of like not bothering the chef while he/she is at working the kitchen...
"Nothing is worse than getting to a client and realizing you don?t have everything you need."
Nothing worse? Try having electrodes attached to your testicles.
Nothing worse? Try having electrodes attached to your testicles.
If you have to leave the site to get something the client might just provide the elctrodes...
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