PATTERN: SELF-CARE
No fairy dust will magically transform your product into the more desirable thing you envision. In the end, there is only you and your application of virtue.
PROBLEM
You take care of others and expect others to take care of you.
A common team malady is a fragmented sense of who takes care of whom. NoHurtFeelings is one symptom of this team sickness. Respect for “turf” is another symptom. In a healthy team, each individual takes care of himself, exercises good self-care, and respects[2] the ability of every other individual to do the same.
[2] That is, he expects and requires it.
SOLUTION
Take care of yourself.
Caring for and about yourself touches everything on your team. While good self-care is not the only element of ...
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