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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 15 Feb 2019, at 17:07, Matt Heusser <<a href="mailto:matt@xndev.com" class="">matt@xndev.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">I'm a little cranky today because I'm finishing up a piece and it is not my best work. I know, when you write at the volume we do, about 50% of our stuff will not be our best work because that is how averages work - what about about when you know something is bottom 25%?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It's easy for me to pick a fight about an AI tool or some nits about a social movement instead of working on improving my own game.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For now I'll put it on the shelf and revisit it in a day or three with fresh eyes.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Does anyone else have ideas with how to deal with this sort of situation?<br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class="">-- <br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;float:none" class="">Matthew Heusser,</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px" class=""><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;float:none" class="">Managing Director, Excelon Development</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px" class=""><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;float:none" class=""><a href="http://www.xndev.com/" target="_blank" class="">http://www.xndev.com</a><br class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;float:none" class="">Learn Continuous Delivery with Me in Chicago, June 2019 at <a href="http://AgileTestingDays.us" class="">AgileTestingDays.us</a> !</span></div><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;float:none" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;float:none" class="">Save The Scrum! <a href="http://www.leanpub.com/SaveOurScrum" target="_blank" class="">http://www.leanpub.com/SaveOurScrum</a><br class=""></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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