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A request to spread the word. But not like a chain letter kind of thing. Those are just creepy.
Self doubt and time travel
I’ve been enjoying writing, but I’m not going to lie - I’ve had some moments of serious doubt. Is anyone reading? Is it useful? Am I just deluding myself? Too many movie references?
Subscribers recently crossed the 100 count. Thanks so much to those who’ve dropped me a line and shared how something resonated, or was useful in a work situation they were facing. Those stories of positive impact have been very gratifying.
I’m trying to share stuff that would be transformative if received by 20 years ago me. That inform and entertain younger me is the bar I’m shooting for.
Even if you have access to the equipment I still don’t recommend sending tips back through a time-space wormhole. That seemingly never goes well. We’ve all seen the movies1. Plus you probably have higher priority time machine missions such as sending back some lottery numbers, killing Hitler, or ensuring that whole Baby Shark song never got published.
What if you could make a change without creating a complex paradox?
Think about anywhere folks who might enjoy this Substack, and consider sharing it with them. That might be a single person, it might be many2. It costs nothing to subscribe, could provide some value, and guarantees they read something not written by AI at least once a week. Heck - if you send a topic to a whole team you might even incept some shared vocabulary that benefits you directly.
Some possible examples to consider sharing;
The power of Tenets.
Reasoning practically about Tech debt as a throughput problem.
Engineering lessons on failure from Star Wars3.
A pragmatic, and effective guide to OKR’s.
Not feeling it? - no problem. Almost never hurts to ask.
Thanks again for reading - I truly do appreciate it!!!
Now that you’ve suggested subscribing to between 1 and 100 of your closest friends.
If you’ve got some workplace situations you’d like my take on, please shoot me a note. I think some discussions on reader’s real world challenges could make for great future articles.
If you’ve got something bigger to discuss at your job or startup lets jump on a call and chat. Maybe it leads to something, maybe it doesn’t - but it’s likely to be a fun discussion.
Even the ones with awesome concepts but not entirely living up to it execution have this caution correct. BTW - I’m looking at you Hot Tub Time Machine.
Obviously many is much better. ;-) I’m just kidding - if you read this far I’m truly thrilled. I totally understand if you don’t feel comfortable hawking the newsletter to someone at this stage.
I’ve also got leadership lessons from John Wick if that’s more your thing.