Everything I Created: May 2025 Edition

This is everything I published, built, or shared publicly over the past month. A monthly recap of every post, guide, and idea I shared across all my platforms.

Jun 04, 2025

At the end of every month, I take a moment to look back.

Not just to track what I’ve published, but to notice what’s been on my mind. Writing is how I make sense of things. Publishing is how I share the process.

This is everything I created last month:

💻 Decoding Digital Leadership

Emotional Intelligence for Digital Leaders – [READ]
Building Trust With Remote Teams – [READ]
Handling Imposter Syndrome in Digital Leadership – [READ]
5 Prompts That Translate Tech Debt Into Business Language – [READ]
Storytelling for Tech Leaders – [READ]
7 Common Pitfalls in Digital Leadership Roles – [READ]
First 90 Days Plan as a New Digital Manager – [READ]
No Title, No Problem: The 5 Levers of Influence to Lead Without Power – [READ]
5 Levers of Influence (1/5): Credibility – [READ]
5 Levers of Influence (2/5): Relationships— [READ]
5 Levers of Influence (3/5): Communication— [READ]

🎯 Project Management Compass

How to Lead Your First Project – [READ]
Building Confidence as a Junior Project Manager – [READ]
The Secret to Handling Stakeholders Early – [READ]
5 AI Prompts That Will Make Your Status Updates Actually Get Read – [READ]
How to Say No Without Creating Enemies – [READ]
The Project Kickoff Guide I Wish Someone Had Given Me – [READ]
Risk Management Basics for New Project Managers – [READ]
Project Manager Lost on Substack? Here’s the Map – [READ]
What Senior PMs Know About Communication That Juniors Don’t – [READ]
The PM Skill Nobody Teaches: Reading the Room – [READ]
7 Beginner Mistakes That Nearly Destroyed My First Project – [READ]
Regaining Control of a Broken Project: 5 Steps Survival Guide — [READ]

🧠 Meller Notes

You’re Not Unhappy Because of What You Have (It’s Something Else) – [READ]
The Secret Behind Those "Flow" Days at Work – [READ]
You’re Already Learning to Lead. But Are You Noticing It? – [READ]
One Prompt Changed How I Am Using ChatGPT – [READ]
The Mistake That Costs You Every Battle – [READ]
This Is How You Make Yourself Irreplaceable – [READ]
Why Self-Reflection Beats Any Advice You’ll Ever Hear – [READ]
You’re Probably Ignoring the Best Parts of Your Career – [READ]
Want Smarter Teams? Stop Solving Everything For Them – [READ]
What 60 Minutes a Day Can Do Over 16 Years – [READ]
The Only 100-Day Plan You Need for Starting a New Job – [READ]
The 3 Levels of Empathy – [READ]
Async Leadership As a Skill – [READ]
10 Hard Lessons About Productivity You Can’t Learn From Apps – [READ]
The Best Choice Is the One You Can Live With – [READ]
Stop Being the Bottleneck Your Team Won’t Talk About – [READ]
The 10 Ways People Are Using AI in 2025 (It’s Not What You Expect) – [READ]
You’re Not Overwhelmed, You’re Just Doing Too Much Useless Stuff – [READ]
Leadership Means Caring and Challenging at the Same Time — [READ]
Strategy Begins When You Stop Trying to Be Better at it All — [READ]

🌐 williammeller.com

Emotional Intelligence for Tech Leaders - [READ]
How to Build Trust Working With Remote Teams - [READ]
10 Tips and Tricks to Lead Your First Project - [READ]
How a Junior Project Manager Can Build Confidence - [READ]

📰 Medium

If You Feel Smarter But You’re Not Struggling, You’re Getting Dumber - [READ]
Becoming Irrelevant With the Help of AI - [READ]
The Myth of Speed in Agile - [READ]
The Real Reason Agile Fails - [READ]
Agile Didn’t Fail Us, It is Our Fault - [READ]
Emotional Intelligence Is a Technical Skill in Digital Work - [READ]
That Silence Can Kill Your Team - [READ]
Projects Move Faster When You Start Smaller - [READ]
Most Projects Don’t Fail on Tools. They Fail on Silence - [READ]
What Saved My First Project Wasn’t the Gantt Chart - [READ]
The Quiet Way Trust Breaks - [READ]
The Difference Between Presence and Micromanagement - [READ]
Your Team Doesn’t Need Permission. They Need Belief - [READ]
How AI Became Everyone’s Therapist - [READ]
What Is The Real Reason Culture Change Fails? - [READ]
How Companies Waste Millions on Fake Change - [READ]
The Project Manager Survival Guide for the AI Era With 3 Simple Lists - [READ]
Why Two People Can Live the Same Day and Feel Opposite Things - [READ]
Talent Gap 2025: The World Needs 30 Million More Project Managers - [READ]
The Most Dangerous Sentence Young People Believe - [READ]
The Real Reason Most Young People Never Build Anything - [READ]
Every “Yes” You Say, Takes Minimum 23 Minutes From Your Focus - [READ]
Taking Over a Broken Project? Here’s What Smart Leaders Do First - [READ]
The Evolution of Management 1/3: What Management Used to Be - [READ]
The Evolution of Management 2/3: The Illusion of Being Agile - [READ]
The Evolution of Management 3/3: Preparing for What’s Next - [READ]
How AI Projects Fail Before They Even Begin — [READ]
How Passive Updates Create Active Resistance — [READ]
Teams Are Adopting AI Faster Than Their Leaders Can React — [READ]

🔗 LinkedIn

What Are You Doing With Your 4000 Weeks? - [READ]
The Project Manager Survival Guide for the AI With 3 Simple Lists - [READ]
The Most Dangerous Sentence Young People Believe - [READ]
30 Million Project Managers Missing: Talent Gap 2025 - [READ]
Every Yes You Say Might Cost You 23 Minutes - [READ]
Assuming Someone Else’s Broken Project? Start With These 5 Steps - [READ]
Change Theater Is Costing You More Than You Think - [READ]
AI Isn’t Replacing Humans, It’s Replacing Silence - [READ]
Why We Still Confuse Loud Voices With Good Leadership - [READ]
The Real Way to Earn Respect in a New Role — [READ]
52% of Your Team Is Already Using AI Without Telling You — [READ]
More Updates Won’t Fix Stakeholder Silence — [READ]

🧰 ProjectManagement.com

Leading Your First Project: A Starter Guide - [READ]
The First Steps to Stop Feeling Like a Fraud as a New Project Manager - [READ]
The Project Manager Survival Guide for the AI With 3 Simple Lists - [READ]
5 AI-Powered Ways to Make Status Updates That People Actually Open - [READ]
Why Most AI Projects Die in Silence - [READ]
How to Handle Stakeholders Before They Become a Problem — [READ]

📘 O Caderno do William (Brazilian Portuguese)

Giuseppe Garibaldi: A história que o cinema deveria nos presentear - [READ]
Leitura: Agile IT Organization Design - [READ]
Leitura: Quiet Leadership - [READ]
Algemas de ouro: O contracheque que te acomoda, pode te aprisionar - [READ]
O que 60 minutos por dia fazem ao longo de 16 anos - [READ]
A única coisa que você controla na vida - [READ]
Leitura: A Startup Enxuta - [READ]
10 lições que me fizeram reaprender o que é produtividade - [READ]
Leitura: De Zero a Um - [READ]

🙌 Stay Connected

If you’ve made it this far, thank you for being here.

I publish across a few different places, and each one has its own rhythm.

Some posts are quick reflections. Others are deep dives, toolkits, or uncomfortable questions I’m still trying to answer.

If you don’t want to miss what’s coming next, here’s where you can follow along:

💻 My Website: williammeller.com
🧠 The Hub: Meller Notes
🎯 Project Management Career: Project Management Compass
💻 Developing The Leader in You: Decoding Digital Leadership
📰 Broader Essays: Medium
🔗 Career Talks: LinkedIn
📚 In the PMI Community: ProjectManagement.com
📘 Brazilian Portuguese: O Caderno do William

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