Atlanta Ruby Users Meetup Group 10/12/2016 talk on Commitment by David Kimura

1. COMMITMENT
ATLANTA RUBY MEETUP GROUP
8/12/2016

2. ABOUT ME
DAVID KIMURA
▸ This is what the internet
thinks I look like
▸ Rubyist for 7 years
▸ @kobaltz on Twitter,
Github and pretty much
everywhere else
▸ Husband & Father

3. ABOUT MY HOBBIES

4. ABOUT MY PASSION
www.driftingruby.com

5. ABOUT MY WORK

6. ABOUT MY WORK
We are hiring!

7. WIFE
SARAH
▸ Supportive
▸ Tolerant

8. 1ST CHILD
GARNER RAE
▸ Funny
▸ Literal

9. 2ND CHILD
SAMUEL DAVID
▸ Wild
▸ S.D.K.

10. 3RD CHILD
RUBY GRACE
▸ Sleeps at night
▸ Totally named her after
Ruby Lang

11. COMMITMENT

12. COMMITMENT
DIFFERENT LEVELS OF COMMITMENT
▸ Wish
▸ Want
▸ Try
▸ Do
▸ Whatever it takes

13. COMMITMENT
WISH
20%
▸ I wish I could program
▸ I wish I had that car
▸ I wish I had _________
▸“I don’t want to be
here. Leave me
alone.”

14. COMMITMENT
WISH
20%
NO DISAPPOINTMENT

15. COMMITMENT
WANT
40%
▸ I want to succeed
▸ I want a new job
▸ I want _________
▸“I want the
outcome, but not
the effort required.”

16. COMMITMENT
WANT
40%
DESIRE/ENVY

17. COMMITMENT
TRY
60%
▸ I will try programming
▸ I might look for a job
▸ I could _________
▸“I will do it
tomorrow.”

18. COMMITMENT
TRY
60%
SOME EFFORT
JUST ENOUGH TO GET BY

19. COMMITMENT
DO
80%
▸ I am programming
▸ I have an interview
▸ I will do my best at
_________
▸“We did our best.”

20. COMMITMENT
DO
80%
DISAPPOINTED,
BUT WORSE THINGS CAN
HAPPEN

21. COMMITMENT
WHATEVER IT TAKES
100%
▸ I am a programmer
▸ I will give 1.0/0.0%
▸ I will do _________
▸“Nothing can stop
me.”

22. COMMITMENT
WHATEVER IT TAKES
100%FAILURE, NOT AN OPTION

23. WHY?

24. COMMITMENT
MY COMMITMENT TO MY HOBBY
TRY 3

25. COMMITMENT
MY COMMITMENT TO MY PASSION
WANT 2

26. COMMITMENT
MY COMMITMENT TO MY PASSION
DO 4

27. COMMITMENT
MY COMMITMENT TO MY PASSION

28. COMMITMENT
MY COMMITMENT
DO 4

29. COMMITMENT
MY COMMITMENT
WHATEVER
IT
TAKES
5

30. WHAT ARE YOU COMMITTING
TO THAT YOU NEED TO LET GO?

31. WHAT DO YOU NEED TO RAISE
YOUR COMMITMENT TO?

32. LOWER YOUR EXPECTATIONS;
RAISE YOUR COMMITMENT

33. PEOPLE WILL JUDGE YOUR LEVEL
OF COMMITMENT BASED ON THE
PERCEIVED RESULTS

34. THANK YOU@KOBALTZ