Dale Carnegie reading his book
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Winning Friends, Influencing People

I fiiinnnaaaaalllllyyy got around to reading How To Win Friends & Influence People. TL;DR – highly recommend! The book covers a ton of timeless work/life principles that are as valuable now as they were when the book was published in 1936, even if the examples feel a bit dated. This post, however, is not a […]

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Book Notes: Tools of Titans

Notes from my recent reading of Tools of Titans, by Tim Ferriss. . . Lessons & Tools Rehearsing worst case scenario (5) Sauna for endurance (4,7) Ketosis + fasting (24, 26 – Tim’s recipe) 4 health bullets to dodge (67): heart disease cerebrovascular disease cancer neurological degeneration Weight training = best bang for your buck

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Notes from ELC Summit 2020

Notes from ELC Summit 2020, including talks on leadership, management strategies, and specific tools and tactics to support eng leaders.

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Better Font Awesome v2 ready for testing. . . again!

Update 3/6/21: Better Font Awesome 2.0.0 has been released! Please see the wordpress.org support thread for details. TLDR; I finally got around to updating Better Font Awesome to support Font Awesome v5! This update includes many changes, and it’s important to get plenty of real user testing before publishing the update to the WordPress plugin repo. If

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Coffees of COVID-19

I’m making a lot of coffees now that I’m working from home, and it’s kinda fun to document them as I make them. In no particular order, with more to come. . .

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LifeLabs manager training notes to self

Week #1: Coaching Skills Questions + Playbacks + Split-tracks Ask more questions! Ask more open questions! Question of the week for me: “What are the options?” Playbacks “I heard you say ____. . .” Split-tracks “I hear you saying a few things, which one should we start with?” Empower your partner to decide – there’s

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How to build banquette bench seating

In this article, I’m going to teach you how to build banquette seating for your home, including blueprints, materials list, and all the instructions you should need to make your own bench seating.

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The Tools I Use to Organize My Life

Intro I coach a leadership program out in Colorado, and recently coaches and participants alike have been talking a lot about how to effectively manage the demands of the program in conjunction with work, family responsibilities, to-do lists, personal care, and all the other things life entails. I’m no organizational expert myself, but I do have some

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Better Font Awesome 2 ready for testing!

Over the past couple of months, I’ve received a ton of inquiries asking when Better Font Awesome would support the latest batch of icons in Font Awesome 5+. It’s been a long time coming, but I’m happy to announce that the Better Font Awesome v2 beta is ready for testing! DOWNLOAD THE BETA » What’s

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The journey to 100,000 installs

During my career I’ve authored a bunch of different WordPress plugins, and I always told myself that I’d do something special if one of them reached the 100,000 install mark. Much to my delight, Better Font Awesome (my plugin that let’s you insert all  sorts  of  really  great  icons ) recently surpassed 100,000 active installs, and so I’m