Timeless Advice
"Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own."-Bruce Lee
While flipping through a Men's Health magazine I came across this quote. Although at first it seems to be specific to fitness, it is very applicable to many areas. Let me tell you a story.
I am currently sitting in a PMP(Project Management Professional) study course. Its focus is on passing the exam but amazingly my coworkers and I are learning a lot about general project management theory. So setting the whole is helping us connect it to what we do.
Our internal project management process is but a subset of the whole. So while in class we have had discussions as to what we believe us useful to us in our improvement efforts. We can clearly see how some of the topics would be useful to add to our flow.
Just as easy it us to see what is useless. The process is detailed that for the work that we do it is overkill. We would be wasting time and money implementing all. Therefore we have to be strategic in determining what is useless as much as figuring out what is helpful.
The last part of quote is very insightful. If says no matter what the system is you can benefit by adding something that is uniquely yours. A great example of this is cooking a meal. You have things you add and things you do not add because they do not improve the meal. But the magic occurs when you add the seasonings. Everyone flavors it differently and in differing amounts. That adds the POW!
Today's question is:
"What is useful, useless, and your addition to your process?"
"Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own."-Bruce Lee
While flipping through a Men's Health magazine I came across this quote. Although at first it seems to be specific to fitness, it is very applicable to many areas. Let me tell you a story.
I am currently sitting in a PMP(Project Management Professional) study course. Its focus is on passing the exam but amazingly my coworkers and I are learning a lot about general project management theory. So setting the whole is helping us connect it to what we do.
Our internal project management process is but a subset of the whole. So while in class we have had discussions as to what we believe us useful to us in our improvement efforts. We can clearly see how some of the topics would be useful to add to our flow.
Just as easy it us to see what is useless. The process is detailed that for the work that we do it is overkill. We would be wasting time and money implementing all. Therefore we have to be strategic in determining what is useless as much as figuring out what is helpful.
The last part of quote is very insightful. If says no matter what the system is you can benefit by adding something that is uniquely yours. A great example of this is cooking a meal. You have things you add and things you do not add because they do not improve the meal. But the magic occurs when you add the seasonings. Everyone flavors it differently and in differing amounts. That adds the POW!
Today's question is:
"What is useful, useless, and your addition to your process?"
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