Software engineering and personal development
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We mostly live our lives on autopilot habits that determine the outcomes that we have. From the moment we wake up (even while sleeping), until we go to bed we repeat certain habits that we do not pay that much attention. This does not necessarily mean that these habits are bad. It shows, however, how important it is for us to take the time and form new habits that produce remarkable results.
I recently finished reading the book “Ego is the Enemy”, by Ryan Holiday and came up with many valuable advice and I decided to write this article.
When you hear the word enemy, you probably think about regular expressions, bugs, deployments, meetings and deadlines. Actually, in our quest to reach our goals and become the software developers we want to be, we are usually our own worst enemies. Ego is what prevents us from asking for help, learning, collaborating and working hard.
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A very famous quote says, “Leaders are readers”, which might sound as a cliché, but represents a very valid statement. Most of us know Bill Gates as a really successful person who has been able to build one of the largest technological company in the world. He is also one the richest person on Earth. One really important factor that distinguishes him among other things is his commitment to reading. Continue reading
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When we hear about Elon Musk, Michael Jordan, Stephen Hawkings, Bill Gates and many other people who have accomplished so many incredible things, we might start to think that they are simply born with all those abilities that have made them possible to accomplish what they are known for. We might not be guilty to think like that, as media is constantly showing up only the successes that they have had. Continue reading
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We are all impressed by success stories, like how incredible was Michael Jordan in basketball, or how smart was Bill Gates in programming to develop such a great operating system. These stories tend to orient us into thinking that these types of results are easy. We only see their results, and nobody mentions the efforts they put and the pain they had felt during the journey of achieving that desirable level of expertise which then produced remarkable results. Moreover, our process of thinking tends to picture them as incredible and as good since their beginnings as they were during their peak performances. Continue reading
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