People who do not see how things happen are sceptical about the wise project manager’s behaviour. It is not easy to understand a person whose foundation is invisible. But this is the way things happen.
The Tao
Lao
Tsu tells us:
The wise student
hears of the Tao and practices it diligently.
The average student
hears of the Tao and gives it thought now and again.
The foolish student
hears of the Tao and laughs aloud.
If there were no
laughter, the Tao would not be what it is.
Hence it is said:
The bright path seems
dim;
Going forward seems
like retreat;
The easy way seems
hard;
The highest virtue
seems empty;
Great purity seems
sullied;
A wealth of virtue
seems inadequate;
The strength of
virtue seems frail;
Real virtue seems
unreal;
The perfect square
has no corners;
Great talents ripen
later;
The highest notes are
hard to hear;
The greatest form has
no shape.
The Tao is hidden and
without a name.
The Tao alone
nourishes and brings everything to fulfilment.
2 comments:
Hi, Quick note - i am starting PM and find this type of information priceless. Thank you. I have not read most of the blog entries but will go through them as i progress through the PM coursware. I have read the PMBOK and now starting Prince2. Is this a reasonable direction to take?. Thanks again PM Blogger. From Laurence in South Africa. lasherza@gmail.com
Hi Chuky - good luck with your PM - great way to go. PMBOK, PRINCE2 nd APM BOK are all good about the 'what' of project management (they all sit on my bookshelf and I do reference them from time to time). Just remember they need to be interpreted with common sense and never treat them as set in stone.
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