Changing the Lights

This morning as a final part of the renovation of Cooke Towers, my son and I were changing the lights in the office suite.  This involved replacing five sets of spot-lights.  Now in an ideal world, one might reasonably expect that this would require a single process repeated five times.  In the real world, it just wasn’t a bit like this.  Each light require a slightly different approach; each presented its own unique little challenge.  This seemingly straight forward task, ended up taking way longer than anticipated.

However, in real life, one needs to adapt one’s approach to whatever presents itself.  You need different tools, and different ways of using the tools you have for each situation.  There is a saying “To the man with only a hammer, everything tends to look like a nail.” 

One of the keys to managing successfully is to listen and observe.  If what you are doing isn’t taking you where you want to go, try something a little different, sometimes tiny adjustments can unlock big changes…

“One only needs two tools in life: WD-40 to make things go, and duct tape to make them stop.”   G. Weilacher

“Give us the tools, and we will finish the job”    Winston Churchill

Tags: adjustments, approachs, Change, tools

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