Fail to Succeed

Topic

Failure

A collection of 2 issues

The biggest reason technical managers fail

One of my clients told me today, “Managers have to do a lot of routine and boring work. I feel overwhelmed!" I asked to clarify, “Can you give me an example?" They replied, ”Sure! For example, maintaining this spreadsheet of [insert boring technical stuff]..." Their main complaint was that as

What if I told you that you can half-ass your way to success?

People can achieve success in different ways. Some will just plow forward and if they fall off the wagon, get back on the next day. Some might have the unwavering faith in themselves, no matter what. For the rest of us, half-assing is the real way to success.