Chicken Coops and Goals
Show notes and thoughts from Episode #121
The first school bus of the new school year rumbled by my house this morning. That must mean fall is on the way, right? I’ll be so happy to leave the blistering days of summer behind us.
Last week, my colleague Natalie asked a great Know Your Company question to our Basecamp team:
What habit or improvement are you working on?
For me, it’s simplicity, both at work and at home.
It’s easy to get into the “And we can do this, then this, and then this!” mentality. The enthusiasm behind it is a rush but that means I tend to take on more than I should.
A good example is a chicken coop we had to build. You know I live on a working farm, right? :)
The initial plans were really fun and exciting but way more than we could do in the weekend time frame. So we scaled back, got all the foundation/structural pieces in place, and moved the chickens in by the end of the weekend. Now they’ve got a home and we can plan for v2 of the coop as we expand.
Now on to this week’s episode and happy listening!
- Chase
EP121 — Setting Goals
It’s new series time! We’ve looked at how to make your team better and your product better. For this series, we’ll be looking at how you make yourself a better support pro.
Let’s talk about setting goals.
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Shout Outs from Our Crew
A few articles that caught our eye this week.
“I do things, I try things, I build things, I want to make progress, I want to make things better for me, my company, my family, my neighborhood, etc. But I’ve never set a goal. It’s just not how I approach things.”
“Not having the benefits of colocated bonding events like happy hours or lunch dates means we’re on our own for social engagements, and making friends as an adult can be damn hard. The days of finding someone wearing a Death Cab shirt and deciding to be friends are long gone.”
→ How to deal with the whole loneliness thing
“This is why truly great teams balance the two, and achieve a state of both High Support and High Risk — offering opportunity (and the accordant risk) when appropriate, and doing all they can to also provide support for the decisions made in pursuit of that opportunity.”
