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{"id":1519,"date":"2013-07-19T18:41:26","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T18:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/?p=1519"},"modified":"2013-08-02T18:53:58","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T18:53:58","slug":"203-the-twilight-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/?p=1519","title":{"rendered":"#203 The Twilight Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='kindleWidget kindleLight' ><img src=\"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/send-to-kindle\/media\/white-25.png\" \/><span>Send to Kindle<\/span><\/div><p>Every project has a twilight zone. This word describes a\u00a0<a title=\"Twilight Zone\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Terminator_(solar)\" target=\"_blank\">fact in nature<\/a>\u00a0and also has a more <a title=\"Twilight Zone (TV series)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Twilight_Zone\" target=\"_blank\">sinister meaning<\/a>. For me, this is that period of the project when all hell breaks loose. It can happen at any time in the project, but <em>it will happen without fail<\/em> when the launch date nears.<\/p>\n<p>Rookies will complain about or fear the twilight zone. Experienced professionals will prepare for it. The <a title=\"Zen master\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zen_master\" target=\"_blank\">zen masters<\/a> will embrace it. This progression will happen only when you enter into and emerge from multiple twilight zones.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing to remember when entering the zone is to not panic. Do the best you can.\u00a0Be compassionate with yourself and your co-workers. When you emerge, get some rest, then prepare for the next twilight zone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every project has a twilight zone. This word describes a\u00a0fact in nature\u00a0and also has a more sinister meaning. For me, this is that period of the project when all hell breaks loose. It can happen at any time in the project, but it will happen without fail when the launch date nears. Rookies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[13,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1519"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1523,"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519\/revisions\/1523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}