As introverts, our ever-evolving identities are crafted by embracing change and introspection, uncovering the transformative power of quiet self-improvement, and the constant challenges to our mental well-being.
The end of the first year as a part-time solopreneur is rapidly approaching, and as always happens at the end of each year, it’s the time to stand back and reflect on the last twelve months.
The lessons learned over the last few weeks bring home the importance of resilience and how, no matter how difficult things are in the moment, to consider anything and everything that life throws your way positively.
Embracing Growth: The Continuous Journey of Self-Improvement This week’s article is about arrogance and stubbornness in the workplace, my own in this case. I convinced myself that I was always …
This week’s article is a follow-up showing the handicaps faced daily by introverts in a professional environment and how we both suffer and profit from criticism. Our biggest challenge is maintaining a precarious self-confidence that can quickly vaporise through routine workplace feedback.
How many of you are confident and proud that you can efficiently multitask? You handle several tasks in parallel with ease, or so you think. But the truth is that whenever you switch tasks, you spend some time re-familiarising yourself and getting back into the zone.
Today would be a busy day; at least, that was the plan. But you know how it goes. Just one more cup of coffee, just one last cigarette (a terrible habit which I really have to stop), just one more ‘anything I can think of’ to avoid actually sitting down and doing something meaningful. My name is Mike. And I’m a procrastinator.
Respect Requirements Specs: They Can Bite Yet another article on Project Specifications, I’m afraid. I just heard this week of yet another omission in a specification. Only this time, the …
This article has been difficult for me to write, but I feel it’s about time somebody explained how it is to be an introvert in the professional world. Perhaps, in some small way, it may help others understand and accept an introvert’s daily struggles.
It is easy to understand that the success of any project hinges on the quality and precision of its specifications. That’s why project sponsors, that is, the customer, must always provide comprehensive, accurate, and high-quality project specifications before going to tender.
