Been working on a tentpole feature this week for our camera app.
Synced with Jamm (engineer magnifico) today — he admitted he's feeling overwhelmed trying to tame it.
For most of us this is a familiar feeling - regardless how many times we've been here before.
You can do everything right:
- Break it into simple shapes
- Stack solid references
- Move one step at a time
- Lean on experience
- Share the load
Doesn't matter. You're still in the trenches. Still checking every step for tripwires. Still wondering if today's the day it blows up in your face.
You know safety is on the horizon, but you ain't home till you're home.
So what was the solution?
Here are the two I stand by to help lessen that overwhelming feeling for your team:
Offer ways to lessen the burden. You lead best by serving.
Get them protected time to work through the problem. Be the shield. Hold the door.
And keep chipping away.
On a personal level:
- study some Zen philosophies
- find peace in Humility
- remember the path was never meant to be easy. Only to be walked.
- oh and take a walk