July 2009 - Posts

Top 10 Lessons in Happiness
I have a guest post from bestselling author, Gretchen Rubin on The Top 10 Lessons Learned in Happiness on Sources of Insight .  Gretchen is a former lawyer from Yale, turned writer.  What’s interesting to me about Gretchen is that she studied Read More...
Posted 27 July 09 07:45 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
How To Be a Successful Individual Contributor at Microsoft
I wrote up my top 10 lessons learned in how to be a successful individual contributor at Microsoft on Sources of Insight .  Really, these lessons apply just about anywhere, and they especially apply in our new skills-for-hire economy.  Here Read More...
Posted 24 July 09 06:52 by J.D. Meier | 0 Comments   
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Discover the How to Your Why
I have a guest post by Janine de Nysschen on how to Discover the How to Your Why at Sources of Insight .  This is a follow up to Janine's previous guest post, Discover Your Why .  It's basically about putting your purpose into action.  Read More...
Posted 21 July 09 05:24 by J.D. Meier | 0 Comments   
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Lessons in Software from Mike de Libero
I have a guest post, Lesson in Software from Mike de Libero , on Shaping Software.  Mike was a security tester on the Microsoft Office team and has a variety of experiences under his belt.   Here is a summary of his lessons: Lesson 1. All Read More...
Posted 20 July 09 05:37 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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PM Skills for Life
I wrote a post on PM Skills for Life on Sources of Insight .  PM is short for “Program Manager.”  I’ve been a PM for the past several years, and learned a ton along the journey.  I attempted to do a roundup of some of the key skills and Read More...
Posted 16 July 09 07:38 by J.D. Meier | 4 Comments   
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Discover Your Why
Do you know why you do what you do?  Your why defines the difference you want to make in this world, and it inspires everything you do.  For example, I originally joined Microsoft to help change the world and improve the quality of life for Read More...
Posted 13 July 09 08:01 by J.D. Meier | 0 Comments   
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Proven Practices for Getting Results
My other blog, Sources of Insight is focused on effectiveness .  I launched it as a way to put more focus on getting results and to help give my mentees a more focused path (I’m a mentor at Microsoft and regularly carry ~8 mentees.)  One of Read More...
Posted 09 July 09 07:18 by J.D. Meier | 3 Comments   
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Lessons in Software from James Waletzky
I have a guest post, Lessons in Software from James Waletsky , on Shaping Software .  James is a Development lead at Microsoft, with several years of coaching teams on Agile practices and software engineering under his belt.  Here is a summary Read More...
Posted 06 July 09 07:21 by J.D. Meier | 0 Comments   
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Lessons Learned from Bruce Lee
I have a post on Lessons Learned from Bruce Lee on Sources of Insight .  Bruce Lee was one of my early inspirations.  He was a patterns and practices kind of a guy.  In fact, Bruce influenced my software engineering approach.  Rather Read More...
Posted 04 July 09 06:16 by J.D. Meier | 3 Comments   
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