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Rank Your Work: Only One Task Can Be Number One

September 3, 2015
Pinal Dave
Personal
Career Advice, Developer, Life Lessons, Professional Development

Rank your work every morning, and give each task its own place. A priority list with five items marked high is a pile, not a plan. This post shows how to number your tasks, break ties with a rule and re-rank when something real arrives.

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Median Day Planning: Time Management That Survives a Normal Week

July 23, 2015
Pinal Dave
Personal
Best Practices, Career Advice, Life Lessons, Professional Development

Median day planning means sizing your week around a typical day, not your best one. This post shows how to measure your own median in ten workdays, split work into a commit list and a stretch list, and keep a small buffer. Your plan then survives a normal week.

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Deep Work Time: Book It Like a Server Maintenance Window

May 28, 2015
Pinal Dave
Personal
Career Advice, DBA, Professional Development, Self Help

Deep work time disappears unless you book it. This post treats your own focus like a server maintenance window: a named block, a runbook, an emergency rule and a short review. Try two 90-minute windows this week.

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Getting the Most From a Conference

October 14, 2014
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Career Advice, Conferences, Professional Development, SQL Server

Get the most from a conference by planning sessions, meeting people with useful questions, and turning notes into tested action.

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Choosing a Technical Conference Worth Attending

September 12, 2014
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Conferences, Professional Development, SQL Server, SQL Training

Choose a technical conference by matching sessions and audience to your skill goals, then counting the full cost before you book.

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Making Online Learning Stick

August 13, 2014
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Professional Development, SQL Server, SQL Training, Starting SQL

Making online learning stick takes practice beside each video, short notes, spaced review, and one finished project that uses the skill.

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Getting Your Employer to Pay for Training

July 22, 2014
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Career Advice, DBA, Professional Development, SQL Training

Ask your employer to pay for training with a short proposal that ties the course to work, shows cost, and shares the result with the team.

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