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What's the great bit of graffiti?

To be is to do
- Descartes

To do is to be
- Sartre

Do be do be do
- Sinatra

Posted by Ron Davison at April 12, 2007 3:14 PM

I am turning away from things like "must be action oriented" or "must think things through first".
I have seen as many problems created by "just do it" as I have by the delay of "lets work it all out first"

My Mantra is: what is approporate given the circumstances and the people involved. Conciously decide how to approach something. Note this decision should only take a nano second! But do make a choice don't just default to your natural preference.

The other skill is putting the right people into the right jobs/situations - I expect a different behaviour type from an accpountant than from my creative marketing guru.

Posted by PaulH at April 13, 2007 7:03 AM

Rational thought is a mechanical/logical process. Pain is real.

Posted by Joe Marier at April 13, 2007 5:04 PM

"Ready, Fire, Aim! - but don't empty your clip before you've located where the enemy really are." [paraphrased advice from an American trainer in Iraq.]

Posted by Mike L at April 13, 2007 8:07 PM

And let's not forget the revised Shewhart Cycle of:

DO:CHECK:ACT:PLAN

DO your thing.
CHECK your results.
ACT to correct any issues.
PLAN to do some more!

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Posted by Matt Charron at April 13, 2007 9:13 PM

I'm afraid that Milan Kundera was cribbing from an even greater bard there:

"For there was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently." William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act V

As so often, the greatest truth is in comedy.

Adam Lawrence
Comedian, Experience Designer
workplayexperience.blogspot.com

Posted by Adam Lawrence at April 16, 2007 9:53 AM