Pay attention to the people getting new opportunities and advancing their careers.
Don't look at them as competition. Make them your friends.
Instead of asking for favors, find ways to support them and celebrate their successes.
I spent the last 13 years building a career at T-Mobile.
It changed my life, and tomorrow is my last day.
Here are 11 rules I learned to get you promoted and help you win at life:
Pay attention to the people getting new opportunities and advancing their careers.
Don't look at them as competition. Make them your friends.
Instead of asking for favors, find ways to support them and celebrate their successes.
Great leaders start as great teammates.
Look for ways to enrich the people on your team. Be the person who is always ready to help others get better.
You never know who is watching or the impact you will make on another person.
You need people on your side who will advocate for you when important decisions are being made.
Do not wait for people to pick you out of the crowd. This doesn't work.
Find opportunities to share your success and ask for feedback to help you grow.
The more responsibility you have, the more stressful your job can become.
Find productive ways to manage your stress so you can be at your best for your team.
You will never get a new job or client if you look overwhelmed with your current work.
Realize you are on a different journey than the people around you.
Comparing yourself to others is a path to being miserable.
Winners focus on winning. Losers focus on winners.
This is the easiest way to build trust and stand out as someone reliable.
Don't wait for people to follow up with you.
Make sure following through on commitments becomes part of your brand.
It will show people you are ready for more.
People who focus on strengths see themselves differently, their future differently, and others differently.
Focusing on the value of the people around you is a simple way to encourage them to use their strengths more often.
As you navigate your career and business, make sure you look at options that make sense for you.
Think about where you want to be in 5-10 years when deciding your next step.
Sometimes a step to the side, or slight pivot, is the right move.
Be the change you want to see in others.
If you aren't doing this, you are likely coming across as superficial.
All the networking and relationship building will be a waste of time if you can't deliver when it is time.
Get used to saying yes to challenges and opportunities--regardless of how big or small.
Saying no once can mean not getting a second chance.
These stretch opportunities are a great way to develop new skills and expand your network in a meaningful way.
I’m posting at least two threads focused on positivity and leadership every week. Hit the follow button and stay in touch >> @MrJacobEspi
I spent the last 13 years building a career at T-Mobile.
— \u2615\ufe0f Jacob Espinoza (@MrJacobEspi) October 28, 2021
It changed my life, and tomorrow is my last day.
Here are 11 rules I learned to get you promoted and help you win at life:
@CallieField @jgebing @tomjyang @RachRo03 @blueprintTMO @JAnders328 @candymitchell06 @TarashaWright @slwoodCO @Drew_Williams00 @RolandFinch7 @jlongoria21 and so many others.
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A brief analysis and comparison of the CSS for Twitter's PWA vs Twitter's legacy desktop website. The difference is dramatic and I'll touch on some reasons why.
Legacy site *downloads* ~630 KB CSS per theme and writing direction.
6,769 rules
9,252 selectors
16.7k declarations
3,370 unique declarations
44 media queries
36 unique colors
50 unique background colors
46 unique font sizes
39 unique z-indices
https://t.co/qyl4Bt1i5x
PWA *incrementally generates* ~30 KB CSS that handles all themes and writing directions.
735 rules
740 selectors
757 declarations
730 unique declarations
0 media queries
11 unique colors
32 unique background colors
15 unique font sizes
7 unique z-indices
https://t.co/w7oNG5KUkJ
The legacy site's CSS is what happens when hundreds of people directly write CSS over many years. Specificity wars, redundancy, a house of cards that can't be fixed. The result is extremely inefficient and error-prone styling that punishes users and developers.
The PWA's CSS is generated on-demand by a JS framework that manages styles and outputs "atomic CSS". The framework can enforce strict constraints and perform optimisations, which is why the CSS is so much smaller and safer. Style conflicts and unbounded CSS growth are avoided.
Legacy site *downloads* ~630 KB CSS per theme and writing direction.
6,769 rules
9,252 selectors
16.7k declarations
3,370 unique declarations
44 media queries
36 unique colors
50 unique background colors
46 unique font sizes
39 unique z-indices
https://t.co/qyl4Bt1i5x
PWA *incrementally generates* ~30 KB CSS that handles all themes and writing directions.
735 rules
740 selectors
757 declarations
730 unique declarations
0 media queries
11 unique colors
32 unique background colors
15 unique font sizes
7 unique z-indices
https://t.co/w7oNG5KUkJ
The legacy site's CSS is what happens when hundreds of people directly write CSS over many years. Specificity wars, redundancy, a house of cards that can't be fixed. The result is extremely inefficient and error-prone styling that punishes users and developers.
The PWA's CSS is generated on-demand by a JS framework that manages styles and outputs "atomic CSS". The framework can enforce strict constraints and perform optimisations, which is why the CSS is so much smaller and safer. Style conflicts and unbounded CSS growth are avoided.
Great article from @AsheSchow. I lived thru the 'Satanic Panic' of the 1980's/early 1990's asking myself "Has eveyrbody lost their GODDAMN MINDS?!"
The 3 big things that made the 1980's/early 1990's surreal for me.
1) Satanic Panic - satanism in the day cares ahhhh!
2) "Repressed memory" syndrome
3) Facilitated Communication [FC]
All 3 led to massive abuse.
"Therapists" -and I use the term to describe these quacks loosely - would hypnotize people & convince they they were 'reliving' past memories of Mom & Dad killing babies in Satanic rituals in the basement while they were growing up.
Other 'therapists' would badger kids until they invented stories about watching alligators eat babies dropped into a lake from a hot air balloon. Kids would deny anything happened for hours until the therapist 'broke through' and 'found' the 'truth'.
FC was a movement that started with the claim severely handicapped individuals were able to 'type' legible sentences & communicate if a 'helper' guided their hands over a keyboard.
For three years I have wanted to write an article on moral panics. I have collected anecdotes and similarities between today\u2019s moral panic and those of the past - particularly the Satanic Panic of the 80s.
— Ashe Schow (@AsheSchow) September 29, 2018
This is my finished product: https://t.co/otcM1uuUDk
The 3 big things that made the 1980's/early 1990's surreal for me.
1) Satanic Panic - satanism in the day cares ahhhh!
2) "Repressed memory" syndrome
3) Facilitated Communication [FC]
All 3 led to massive abuse.
"Therapists" -and I use the term to describe these quacks loosely - would hypnotize people & convince they they were 'reliving' past memories of Mom & Dad killing babies in Satanic rituals in the basement while they were growing up.
Other 'therapists' would badger kids until they invented stories about watching alligators eat babies dropped into a lake from a hot air balloon. Kids would deny anything happened for hours until the therapist 'broke through' and 'found' the 'truth'.
FC was a movement that started with the claim severely handicapped individuals were able to 'type' legible sentences & communicate if a 'helper' guided their hands over a keyboard.
