challenge Archives - Create An Adaptable Life

When Do You Suffer from Comparison-itis?

By johanna March 7, 2018 question of the week 4 Comments

I was at a writing workshop last week. It was a fiction workshop, where I am still learning my craft. I still learn my non-fiction craft. However, my learning curve…

When Do You Suffer from FEAR?

By johanna October 18, 2017 question of the week 8 Comments

I was talking with father recently about my writing workshops. I’m finishing the last touches on the first one and hope to finally make it available for registration any day…

What Does Success Mean to You?

By johanna October 12, 2017 question of the week 5 Comments

I was walking briskly with a client between buildings on the campus. He told me he’d lost five pounds will all the running around he did all day. He said, “I…

When Should You Optimize for Speed?

By johanna October 4, 2017 question of the week 4 Comments

I see people optimize for speed, on the highway, in their projects, and often in their personal lives. I wonder if speed, quickness, is everything these people actually want. On…

What’s Your (Beer) Emergency?

By johanna September 20, 2017 question of the week No Comments

I was in Prague last week (Agile Prague and a client). One of the nice folks at the client explained that beer in Prague Is inexpensive. For years, in The…

When are You Excessively Above Average?

By johanna August 2, 2017 question of the week 1 Comment

A few weeks ago, Mark coined the term, “excessively above average.” Since then, he’s used it for his progress on rehabbing his Achilles tendon post-surgery, my hyperbole, and other things,…

How About Yes, And … ?

By johanna July 28, 2017 question of the week 2 Comments

I hear a lot of “No, but…” and people tell me why they can’t possibly do the thing I suggested. I agree with them. I often say something like this,…

How Do You Refresh Yourself?

By johanna July 12, 2017 question of the week 4 Comments

I’ve been busy writing books for almost a year. (One is the Agile Practice Guide, the other is Create Your Successful Agile Project.) I wanted to finish my book. I…

How Do You Know It Should?

By johanna June 21, 2017 question of the week 4 Comments

I have a form to fill out and return in the postage-paid envelope. I filled out the form. It’s 21 pages. It does not fit into a #10 (business) envelope.…

How Can We Discuss a Difference of Beliefs?

By johanna June 14, 2017 question of the week 2 Comments

Long ago, I had a huge fight with my grandmother. She said something untrue. I told her it was untrue and I explained why. Her response was, “You have such…

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