Following the Rigor!

Good Morning!

I hope that you have had an eventful week! Mine sure was!

Let's think about "events" for a moment...

1. They are planned
2. They are coordinated
3. The best ones are controlled and adapted to the unforeseen situations
4. They are assessed in retrospect for future reference

In conclusion (a brief one at that) they are made...not simply experienced!

If one desires an eventful week...they must take control and make it eventful!

That is totally controlled by RIGOR!

Rigor is the "secret incantation" of organizational acceptance and support!

It is the full recipe of success!

If one trys to hurry the recipe...one loses the benefits!

It is like baking a cake before all of the components have been properly added and blended!

It is also dependent upon action! I cake can not be created by watching...a baker makes a cake!

If one simply waits...they are waiting for a something that will NEVER happen! They have given in to the world of randomness...and that world is evil and depressing!

Take matters into your own hands and MAKE IT HAPPEN! Most of the world is too self centered and distracted to care about you and what you want!

I could fill this "blog" with cliches about this very subject...but those terse idioms are seldom fully grasped!

Shifting Gears!

I am probably one of the strongest proponents of discipline and rigor! Structure is an individual's friend! It can be counted upon! The more structured one is the more predictable the results!

Running concurrently...when structure and discipline are required of me...I am the greatest challenger! Some of this reaction comes from experience...(I know that this doesn't really add value!)...some of it comes from impatience...(I want to get moving on to the things that do matter!)

Whatever is driving my reactions...I step back and find that this is not about my needs, but the needs of others around me!

Security

One of the most basic needs of an individual is security! (Remember Maslov?)

Routine can be counted upon! Our ancestors learned that if they slept around a fire...when they woke up in the morning...a greater number of the tribal members remained...(Pre-fire days...the missing ones having been snatched up by some nocturnal predator!) Fires gave them security...and they made building and maintaining a fire a routine!

We do the same thing! We have our habits and rituals! They are things that we draw a causal connection upon...whether it is true or not!

It is a primal condition! We can not fight it!

Never Ending Loops!

The past few weeks...I have found myself in a seemingly never-ending series of interviews! I have often caught myself thinking "hire me" and let's get this show on the road! Not a good place to put anyone in...AND I am glad that I never verbalized this...because in that situation the decision-maker, by necessity must choose the "lesser of the two evils," which would be not to take the chance!

There is only one correct course in this situation...follow the rigor, until they are confident enough of their own decision! There will be an end to the struggle!

enough said!

Recap

There is a time and a place for everything! The real discernment is when to stop the insanity! It is not about the effected, but the "effect-or!" Habits and routine take time!

Decision making for those who lack previous experience is a slow and arduous journey...people do not like to be wrong...in the caveman times...being wrong meant death! In a way, we have not forgotten that lesson!

For us however...we need to be sensitive to this conglomerate of situations and behaviors. When we are in the role of "Effect-or" we need to minimize the risk and the amount of time required to minimize the risk!

It is not just about us!

ENOUGH SAID!