Instead of asking over and over again if she is working tomorrow. I just consult her very organised calendar — and when she wants to check if I'm free she looks at my very empty calendar.

Personal goals are generally expected to happen later.
The reason it’s hard to get going on personal goals is that you’re already using all of your time. No matter who you are, you’re already using all 24 hours, every day, for something. Because this will always be true, goals that happen at all must happen now, while you still don’t yet have time.
Basically, you learn to work in small, uniform parcels of time. They’re short, timer-bound, and unwaveringly focused on a particular outcome. Most importantly, they can fit into real life, as it already is.

“JUST” It's one of the worst four-letter words I know.

Автора бесит слово «просто». Меня тоже! Я вот стараюсь его искоренить из себя. Непросто это всё!!

A specific someone in disguise says that accepting help to your software projects often leads to destruction.

You need a good team to go forward.

Get the right people or you'll just waste your time, energy and health!

Poka Yoke - яп. «избегать ошибок». Не искать виноватых в ошибках, но совершенствовать процесс.

10 things to do to improve your team and make yourself replaceable. The author claims that being replaceable makes it easier for you to grow professionally.