{"id":1241,"date":"2015-12-28T07:55:06","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T12:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cindypotvin.com\/?p=1241"},"modified":"2016-01-09T11:33:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-09T16:33:19","slug":"3-awesome-books-improve-soft-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindypotvin.com\/3-awesome-books-improve-soft-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"3 awesome books to improve your soft skills"},"content":{"rendered":"
Productivity as a developer may be measured in lines of code produced by cup of coffee consumed, but it’s not a very useful metric. Effectiveness, or doing the right thing, is more important that cranking out code and learning yet another new technology. To do this, you need to step away from the keyboard for a while and focus on knowledge and soft skills that will allow you to use your programming skills more effectively.<\/p>\n
These are my 3 favorite book to learn the skills you need to be more effective and do the right thing. I suggest you read the books in the order they’re presented since they build nicely on each other, but they are all worth your time individually.<\/p>\n
<\/a>\n<\/p>\n With all the new ideas going around and all the skills you could potentially learn, it’s easy to be pulled in many conflicting directions. This book will help you figure out what’s really important in your life and your career and help you focus on it.<\/p>\n I’m pretty susceptible to this myself : if I let my guard down for a few weeks, I’ll end up with a thousand things on my plate. This book was was a great help in refocusing and choosing goals for the next year so I can go forward with a few things that really matters to me.<\/p>\nThe Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness<\/h3>\n