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Ultimately, I find that taking time to reflect on what I do makes me better at actually doing it.\n\nThese reflections are primarily for myself, but I make them public to drive a higher level of quality. I think it's unlikely that anyone else will find these reflections useful, however, if you do find anything useful here then give me a star or write an issue. All feedback welcome.\n\n## How\n\nIf you're interested in seeing when new reflections are added you can watch the repo.\n\n## Contents\n\n- [On leadership](on-leadership.md)\n- [What is the job of a software engineering leader?](what-is-the-job-of-a-software-engineering-leader.md)\n- [Facts and stories](facts-and-stories.md)\n- [Decisions](decisions.md)\n- [Focus](focus.md)\n- [On measuring productivity](on-measuring-productivity.md)\n- [Types of waste](types-of-waste.md)\n- [Little's law](littles-law.md)\n- [Positivity](positivity.md)\n- [Parkinson's law](parkinsons-law.md)\n- [Bravery](bravery.md)\n- [Delegation and deputization](delegation-and-deputization.md)\n- [Delivery estimates and precision](delivery-estimates-and-precision.md)\n- [Success](success.md)\n- [Prioritizing technical debt](prioritizing-technical-debt.md)\n- [On impact](on-impact.md)\n- [Work-life balance](work-life-balance.md)\n- [Productivity again](productivity-again.md)\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbenji6%2Freflections-on-software-engineering-leadership","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fbenji6%2Freflections-on-software-engineering-leadership","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbenji6%2Freflections-on-software-engineering-leadership/lists"}