Thoughts

Motivation and discipline, the constant push and pull.

As we get to the end of January and by most analysis, 'New Years Resolutions or Goals' have ended for the vast majority.

The pendulum of software is swinging back (As it always does)

As budgets get tighter, technology teams are being asked to do more with less

The biggest lesson I’ve learned over the past year: Your perception is your reality, so why not make it a good one?

We underestimate the power of perception, it shapes how we view challenges and opportunities. 

I've just returned from a few weeks in the USA, we spent most of our time in Austin, Texas. This was a working trip, spending most mornings catching up on things in the UK, working on Be Your Own Coach strategy and then afternoons sampling what this great place had to offer. 

Today you can find advice everywhere, it doesn't matter if you asked for it or not and advice is a tame word for what it is, ideological, binary and often extremely black and white. 

I've been in the Apple Ecosystem for about 15 years, you could say I was the definition of fan, I had the MacBook Pro, Watch, iMac, iPhone, iPad Pro, if it had the Apple logo on it, I had it and each release, I'd upgrade and each OS release I'd be up to date with the latest changes. 

Often when developers start out in a new programming language or framework the first application they produce is 'Hello World', it's a simple but effective way of demonstrating basic syntax and a normal first step. So, Re-Hello World is an apt name for this post!