Performance tuning your life to maximize awesome
NICK FLOYDFRIDAY OCTOBER 25TH 2:30PM
Refactoring
var currentWorkLife = "behaviors that destroy the balance";
Refactoring
var currentWorkLife = "behaviors that destroy the balance";var newWorkLife = currentWorkLife.Replace(“destroy”, “build”);
var currentWorkLife = "behaviors that destroy the balance";var newWorkLife = currentWorkLife.Replace(“destroy”, “build”);
=> behaviors that build the balance
Refactoring
Behaviors : the dark side
Behavior : more working == more winning!
x = Time spent workingx
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x = Time spent workingx
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Behavior : more work == more win!
Behavior : gold plating
The InfiniteZIPLINE
Behavior : gold plating
The InfinitePLAN
Behavior : gold plating
Spoon boy: “Do not try and bend the zipline. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth.”
Neo: “What truth?”
Spoon boy: “There is no zipline.”
-The Matrix ZIPLINE == null
Behavior : compartmentalizing
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Behavior : being an impostor
Behavior
many, many more...
Build : the light side
Nerd’s hierarchy of needs
health
environment
mind
Acting like someone
I’m NOT
health
Being someone
I AMhealth
Clean your desk
TOPenvironment
Device wipe(Apps)olute zero
environment
Enablers and accountability
environment
environment
Scrum board your day
mind
Work in achievable chunks & bits
mind
BAD:
GOOD:
mind
images courtesy of: xkcd.com
Stop ideasStart projects
“There be the dragons, I can’t go.” “Sure you can, just bring a resistor color code chart.”
-- me having a conversation with myself
mind
The Choice
images courtesy of: f-secure
mediocrity.pop
exceptional.push
The Functional
24MI
I love to...code
work on hard problems
help others win
make a difference in a kid’s life
automate all the things
create useable software
Welcome to the Hall of Heroes
Thanks
archcoder.com/nerd-life@nickfloyd
Resources : books
Resources : apps
Rescue Time
ClearTriage
Sleep cycle
Epic win
