David McElroy

making sense of a dysfunctional culture

Meet the website developer who saved my failing redesign process

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If it weren’t for Dave Zemens, I would still be struggling to figure out how to get this site redesigned — and you wouldn’t be looking at the nice, new mobile-friendly site that I have today.

In this short video, I’d like to share with you how my process went and how Dave came in about two weeks ago to save me. I had implemented a new design and was struggling to make it work the way I wanted when he volunteered to make some tweaks for me.

Those tweaks turned into a complete rebuild from the ground up.

Dave didn’t ask me to promote him in this way, but I am so grateful for how a professional WordPress web developer was able to save my failing design and make it what I had wanted it to be. And if you’re interested, here’s what Dave had to say about it on his site.

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In an age when lies are expected, integrity matters more than ever

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It should have been a simple business transaction. I met the woman early last week and she seemed professional enough. We spent half an hour talking about a proposed deal.

Toward the end of the meeting, she told me something that seemed to contradict what she had said earlier. I questioned this small detail and she explained the contradiction away as a misunderstanding. I accepted her story and was prepared to sign a contract.

The next day, she didn’t do what she had told me she was going to do. When I contacted her, she had an explanation that was vague and questionable. She told me a couple of specific things she was going to do in the next couple of hours. By this point, I was skeptical and suspicious, but I was still willing to give her the benefit of the doubt.

And then she just disappeared. Completely. Poof. She didn’t return my phone calls or texts. She didn’t do any of what she promised to do. After a couple of days, I gave up and put her on my list of people not to do business with.

She’s a liar. She has no integrity. I can’t trust her.

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My need to make others perfect reflects my fear I’m not in control

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It was about 12 years ago and I was getting to know a woman who I would soon start dating. I don’t tell you this story with pride, but with shame. It really embarrasses me.

This woman had a brilliant mind. She was talented enough to do anything she wanted. Her competence, talent and intelligence were stunning. She could have done something really impressive if she had wanted, but what she really wanted was to be a teacher. She had received her degree and was about to start teaching.

That seemed like a waste to me. I thought she could do something so much more “impressive.” I don’t remember what I said, but I was trying to nudge her into thinking about something bigger. I was probably a bit condescending about it. You see, if she was going to be in my life, I wanted her to do something more impressive. I wanted to make her into what I thought she ought to be. I wasn’t honest enough with myself about it at the time to know this, but I made her career choice all about me.

I’m not a control freak, but I’m happier if you do things “the right way.” My way.

One of my core problems is my compulsion to reform everything around me, including other people. It’s not that I don’t also want to fix myself. I do. I want to fix the entire world around me — and that includes other people. This is really a problem of me needing control.

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