I got so excited about a project at work that I started explaining it from the middle. They looked at me like I'd lost my mind, and they weren't wrong.
Starting in the Middle
Tag: humility
Three Legs, One Stool
A lead data engineer once called me a politician. Lencioni's framework says the politician and the ideal team player can look identical on a Tuesday — the difference is what the people-smarts are for. Whether I'm one or the other is the leg I can't check myself.
Second Place
A stranger stopped me ten seconds after I walked off the stage with a second place trophy and offered to tell me what I'd done wrong. He may have been right. I'll never know.
