INTRODUCTION
  • Soft Skills for Techies and Coders - Introduction
  • 01s What Exactly is an Entrepreneur?
  • 01j What to Do as an Aspiring Entrepreneur
  • 02s The Traits of Successful Software/Coding Business Owners
  • 2j What It Takes to Be an Entrepreneur
  • 03s Failing Fast and Often
  • 3j Fail Your Way to Success
  • 04s Be a Master of Time and Planning
  • 04j How to Work Less
  • 05s Being Comfortable With Risk
  • 05j How to Practice Managing Risk
  • 06s Showing True Grit
  • 06j The Mindset of Entrepreneurs
  • 07s Become a Lifelong Learner With a Big Imagination
  • 07j Easy Ways to Get Smarter
  • 08s Self-Promotion
  • 08j Do's and Dont's of Self-Promotion
BEING AN OWNER OF A CODING BUSINESS
  • 09s How Does Owning a Business Differ From Being Self Employed?
  • 09j What to Expect When Becoming Self-Employed
  • 10s A Business is About More Than Just Writing Code
  • 10j Being a Coder Isn't All Coding
  • 11s Do I Have What it Takes To Run My Own Coding Business?
  • 11j How to Find the Courage
SOFT SKILLS & SOFTWARE: A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN
  • 12s Soft Skills: A Match Made in Heaven
  • 12j The 2 Sides to Success
  • 13s A Brief Introduction to Soft Skills
  • 13sd Downloadable Resource
  • 13j Introduction to Soft Skills
  • 14s Communication
  • 14sd Downloadable Resource
  • 14j Secrets to Being a Great Communicator
  • 15s Courtesy
  • 15j How to Be Courteous
  • 16s Adaptability
  • 16j How to Be Adaptable
  • 17s Integrity
  • 17j How to Keep Your Integrity
  • 18s People Skills
  • 18sd Downloadable Resource
  • 18j How to Improve Your People Skills
  • 19s Positive Attitude
  • 19j Balancing Optimism and Realism
  • 20s Being Professional
  • 20j How to Be Professional
  • 21s Being Responsible
  • 21j Benefits of Being Responsible
  • 22s Teamwork
  • 22j How to Be a Good Team Player
  • 23s The Right Work Ethic
  • 23j Skills the Top Entrepreneurs Have
SAYING WHAT YOU MEAN
  • 24s Saying What You Mean: The Code of Human Interaction
  • 24j How to Talk, How to Listen
  • 25s Why do we Fail to Communicate?
  • 25j How to Succeed at Communicating
  • 26s Tips for Effective Communication
  • 26j Taking Time to Read a Situation
  • 27s Craft Organised and Clear Messages
  • 27j How to Write Concise Emails
  • 28s Body Language for Coders
  • 28j The Importance of Good Posture
CLOSING THE DEAL: SUDO MAKE ME AN OFFER
  • 29s Closing The Deal: The Skill of Persuasion
  • 29j Persuasion
  • 30s Reciprocation
  • 30j Reciprocity in Business
  • 31s Social Proof
  • 31j Social Proof
  • 32s Commitment and Consistency
  • 32j Being Consistent in Business
  • 33s Liking
  • 33j Using Social Media
  • 34s Authority
  • 34j Getting Authority
  • 35s Scarcity
  • 35j Supply and Demand for Your Skills
UPGRADE YOUR CREATIVITY
  • 36s How to Tell Good Ideas From Bad Ideas
  • 36j Turning Bad Ideas into Good Ideas
  • 37s The Difference Between Creativity and Originality
  • 37j Creative vs Original Ideas
  • 38s Strategies for Creative Problem Solving
  • 38j How to Develop Divergent Thinking
  • 39s Creative Strategy 1: Iterative Problem Solving
  • 39j How to Become More Creative
  • 40s Creative Strategy 2: Thinking Beyond the Category Class
  • 40j Examples of Good Business Models
  • 41s Creative Strategy 3: The Reframing Technique
  • 41j Strategies for Creative Business
  • 42s Creative Strategy 4: Learning to Enumerate Associations
  • 42j Associations Between Particular Ideas
  • 43s Creative Strategy 5: Discarding Known Design
  • 43j Changing Tradition
LOOKING AFTER YOU!
  • 44s Coding Crunch is Not Worth it
  • 44j The Coding Pace
  • 45s The Pillars of Health Exercise