Too deep in the weeds
It’s not about smarts, not about knowledge nor experience…. The best professional could still experience intellectual fatigue when he has been working too long on a system, causing him to overlook obvious issues. Or...
Monthly Archive: October 2017
3 Essential Steps for Project Success
Completing Tasks does not guarantee Project Completion. Everyone can quote the theory that good planning is necessary for success. Everyone knows that Execution is equally, if not more important. Execution requires the knowledge of...
Perceived Vs True Value
There is little disagreement on the value of material things, labor and service. There are standards set by the market and everyone comes to an agreement despite what they think it should be. The...
It’s always relative to expectations
When a student expects 100% and scores 95, there is disappointment. When Virat Kohli scores an 80 with a strike rate of less than a run a ball, there is criticism. When an excellent...
Cyclic time and life….
Life, as viewed on a linear time scale with a beginning and an end with a set of materialistic goals, creates a sense of urgency and resultant stress…. When things are moving per your...
What drives you?
When intention drives you, you are in control. When instruction drives you, you are controlled. A conscientious person does not need to be instructed for he knows his responsibility. If you get yourself to...
The undo button…
As addicted to computers as we have become, its but natural to mentally visualize a ‘Ctrl Z’ when something that we do not intend to, happens. I have had friends who wanted to pull...
What’s the price? What’s the cost?
Everything you do and don’t do comes at a price. Everything has a cost. For most things that matter, price and cost are inversely proportional. Bargaining your price down too much may cause you...
Are you working on the right things?
There were once a few tree cutters cutting trees down in a certain forest when one of them decided to climb atop a tree to check on the overall progress. As he looked around...
Are you a software engineer, or a mere programmer?
When I was doing my Masters in Computer Science, we had a course called “Programming Languages”. One of the first topics dealt with in this course was the various types of Grammars in programming....
