Episode 216 | Wes Higbee - Powerful Mindset

Guest: Wes Higbee @g0t4 Wes Higbee talks with Dave Rael about mindsets, confidence, blind spots, and focusing the the things that matter As a consultant, Wes helps people eradicate emotional blind spots with technology and produce rapid results. Along the journey Wes has had a passion for sharing knowledge. With 25 courses and counting, he has helped thousands of people improve. He authors courses for both Pluralsight and O’Reilly. He’s been a speaker at countless local meetups, community organizations, webinars and conferences. And he speaks professionally to help organizations improve. He authored the book Commitment To Value: How to make technical projects worthwhile. He writes extensively about business on his blog. And his written work includes articles featured on VeraSage, MSDN Magazine, and InfoQ. Chapters: 0:45 - Dave introduces the show and Wes Higbee 2:29 - Wes's interest in business and really understanding the problems he is trying to solve 7:12 - Software for business or business for software? 11:19 - The fallacious process focus of many methodology efforts 13:47 - Wes the trainer and the sharer of information 15:23 - Wes and public speaking - the primacy of confidence 18:14 - Minimalism in preparation as a speaker 19:40 - Quality in video training, preparation and editing 21:41 - The things that "light Wes up" 22:31 - How Wes got started in software 23:33 - Wes's story of failure - a period of uncertainty in switching from hourly to value-based pricing - attitude and problems as merely perception 32:49 - Familiarity in dealing with technology, processes, life events, and more - also the inherent goodness of people 36:40 - Wes's success story - providing value with courses and shifting focus to real value on things that matter 37:38 - Wes's advice for developers in getting more focused on the value that matters for their businesses 40:16 - How Wes stays current with what he needs to know 42:32 - Wes's book recommendation 44:04 - Our own blind spots 46:04 - The things that have Wes most excited 46:40 - Wes's top 3 tips for delivering more value 51:23 - Keeping up with Wes Resources: Wes's Blog Wes's O'Reilly Courses Wes's Courses on Pluralsight The Agile Manifesto The Good Samaritan Wes's book recommendation: Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts - Carol Tavris Wes's top 3 tips for delivering more value: There is no wrong way to do the right thing Helping doesn't mean pleasing Beliefs come before data to back them up