Last night I read the Last Lecture. I've written more about that over here.
The two points that really stood out (this time) and I want to post here:
"Engineering isn't about perfect solutions, it's about doing the best you can with limited resources."
Not everyone treats life like an engineering problem (or series of problems), but I'd bet a disproportionate number of the people I know do to some degree. It certainly makes sense to me to see it framed that way, and to try and remember that it's not about perfection but about doing the best you can with what you have.
"Time must be explicitly managed, like money."
Time and money have these things in common
- they are both a limited resource
- one can often be exchanged for the other
- they both provide the best returns when carefully and thoughtfully invested
Note that I'm not advocating planning every single minute of your day here, and neither was Randy. There is the concept of 'discretionary income' - not required to produce a return, to be spent for spendings sake or on non-essentials/luxuries/entertainment. It's very easy to apply the same concept to time.
The two points that really stood out (this time) and I want to post here:
"Engineering isn't about perfect solutions, it's about doing the best you can with limited resources."
Not everyone treats life like an engineering problem (or series of problems), but I'd bet a disproportionate number of the people I know do to some degree. It certainly makes sense to me to see it framed that way, and to try and remember that it's not about perfection but about doing the best you can with what you have.
"Time must be explicitly managed, like money."
Time and money have these things in common
- they are both a limited resource
- one can often be exchanged for the other
- they both provide the best returns when carefully and thoughtfully invested
Note that I'm not advocating planning every single minute of your day here, and neither was Randy. There is the concept of 'discretionary income' - not required to produce a return, to be spent for spendings sake or on non-essentials/luxuries/entertainment. It's very easy to apply the same concept to time.