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27 April 2025

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Hey friend,

How consistent are you? Do you stick at one thing for a long time or do you like to start something new often? I used to think that sticking to one thing forever was the best advice. Now I'm not so sure. Strategic quitting is a concept I got from Seth Godin's book, The Dip.

(I'm actually thinking about uploading my Kindle highlights for the non-fiction books I read. But I'm not sure anyone would actually be interested.)

Some Thoughts

Cross-Context Learning is the process of escaping from your current environment and learning skills in another domain. For example, you might apply your construction management skills to the IT industry. Or you may do risk assessment in a financial context. Working in this way really supercharges your learning. A great way to figure out what you truly understand is to try and apply it in a novel environment.

What you will learn this week:

🎩 Why showing up is my most important talent

🤓 The Dropout Theory

🤯 BONUS - How failure improves problem solving

I am a Consistent Failure. But I Like It That Way.

Let me tell you something about myself. Something I’ve come to embrace over the years.

I have no real talents. Not a one. Zip. Nada.

And yet, here I am—15 years deep into a career as a project manager, still standing (well, mostly sitting), and somehow considered successful.

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You might enjoy this (sneak peek):

Jonathan @effectivepm_ Trying a second app today. LinkedIn post generator. But, I want it to create a path for you that demonstrates your expertise. Over perhaps a 12 week period. And I want it to use your own uploaded material to create the posts. This is a start, but clearly its NOT GOOD (yet). 7:41 PM • Apr 26, 2025 0 Retweets 0 Likes

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Postscript

I'm making improvements to the event tracking app. I'm calling it by it's generic name now since I still don't have a real name for it. I'd like it to be something professional but also light and fun. Any suggestions? You can still get it here. It's in Beta so I'm constantly adding features. (I just added a to-do list last night) Let me know what you think.

Until next time,

Jonathan (The Effective Project Manager)

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