Soft Skills for the Developer
summary
Covers concrete soft skills with actionable techniques: cites Amy Cuddy’s power posing research (saliva tests show lower cortisol and higher testosterone after high-power poses lower cortisol raise testosterone) and recommends a brief pre-interview pose; gives communication rules (listen, paraphrase, TLDR at top of emails, send action items to one person, avoid reply-all); prescribes time tools like Trello and Pomodoro 25-minute sprints plus GTD and Covey quadrant; explains delegation rules (what why when), the drama triangle and its shift to openness/persistence/resourcefulness, and a discover → master → influence path for leadership.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:21WHAT ARE SOFT SKILLS?
- 3:35CONFIDENCE
- 4:11NON-VERBALS
- 10:51COMMUNICATION
- 15:23EMAIL ETIQUETTE
- 18:43TIME MANAGEMENT
- 24:522. LEARN TO SAY "NO"
- 27:36STAYING FOCUSED
- 32:39DELEGATION
- 36:07DEALING WITH CONFLICT
- 36:29JUST TWO OUTCOMES FROM CONFLICT
- 38:13THE DRAMA TRIANGLE
- 40:33THE COMPASSION TRIANGLE
- 44:56YOU CAN INFLUENCE CHANGE, AND SHOW LEADERSHIP WITHOUT BEING A MANAGER
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