Meditation - It's Not Swimming

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Mental health is not something that we talk about as much in industry, and it affects everybody. Getting up at five a m means that i have time to focus purely on the things i want to focus on. Meditation has been transformative in terms of helping me take control of impulses and immediate thoughts. And i would recommend it to any one to give it a go. It doesn't require any spiritual or religious beliefs. It's purely, you know, science, base practice. You only need five minutes a day to get started. I love youre saying, just in the axtal,. you know, touches libet on a theme that we've been think, almost from this episode

On this episode of Developing Leadership, Sam Lambert, CEO of PlanetScale and previously VP of Engineering at GitHub, joins us to talk about building high-performance teams. We chatted about leading with influence, advocating for your team, creating delightful hiring experiences, knowing when to fire people and how to keep your software engineers close to your end-users to build great products.

One of the biggest takeaways from this episode is that you have to start with yourself if you want to build a high-performance team. So if you're looking for pointers on how to be a better leader for your team and for your company, this episode is for you!

Learn more about some of the topics discussed on this episode at go.developingleadership.co/ep9

Developing Leadership is a podcast presented by Athenian. We are introducing the world of engineering to metrics and data that improve processes and help teams. If you want to learn more about data-enabled engineering, go to athenian.co