Aug 12, 2022 | Dave's Don'ts, philosophy
Mark Twain is credited with saying “The man with a new idea is a Crank, until the idea succeeds”. Most of us are the type that stand and point fingers at the “Cranks” and, being the reasonable people we are, tell them why the idea won’t succeed. Maybe we’ll even...
May 11, 2022 | Dave's Don'ts, philosophy
I remind myself not to give advice in two contexts. The first is closely tied to my previous blog “Don’t add value”. In this case, imagine someone has just shared a problem with you. This could be a coworker, family member, friend…or just the guy sitting next to...
May 3, 2022 | Dave's Don'ts, philosophy
Everyone is trying to “add value” to everything they do. It’s a near compulsion. Many of us have even been groomed to have that “add value” mentality. I hear it a lot. Sometimes it is even advertised as a feature. A hyphenated “value-added” term has been coined. ...
Apr 26, 2022 | philosophy
Evidently, I have a lot to say on this topic, so I split it in two. In addition to what I discussed in Part 1, sometimes I find myself in danger of falling into what I call a “Yes Trap”. In this context, except for the very last one, resisting the urge to say yes...
Apr 19, 2022 | Dave's Don'ts, philosophy
When I approach potential clients to arrange a discovery meeting or ask for a start date I often get rebuffed with some variation of “I don’t have time right now. I’ll reach out when things settle down.” I don’t say this directly, of course, but I don’t believe...
Apr 12, 2022 | Dave's Don'ts, philosophy
This isn’t the first Don’t I came up with nor do I consider it the most important. But I do think it is a good place to start my blog journey because, although I will try to convince you of my position in these posts, I don’t want you to believe me. Seriously. What...
