tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329352342024-03-19T03:40:33.073+00:00The Tao of Project ManagementThese are my musings on project management and life and how they map onto Taoist philosophy based on my book "The Way of the Project Manager" (ISBN 978-1481076111), published by CreateSpace and available from Amazon in hard copy and on Amazon Kindle.
P M Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01209241018488058934noreply@blogger.comBlogger299125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32935234.post-2464384336296410882022-12-22T08:53:00.000+00:002022-12-22T08:53:28.832+00:00Selflessness<p><span style="font-family: arial;">I had a rather miserable birthday yesterday, thanks to my latest problem, an anomoly in my left cheek. It's probably another cancer but I don't get to hear the results of the biopsys or the scans until January. Meantime My face hurts and my nose is bleeding so I couldn't get taken out for my birthday lunch. Sometimes life just sucks!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Project</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I've now completed the final chapter of Agile Time Management and am just going back through everything to double check on stuff etc. I'm also submitting the contents for peer review with the rest of the team (David, Graham and Anna), so hopefully they will spot anything I've missed. The publishers are going to release it as an eBook initially (as paper book sales are currently down) in February, with a print edition being released later in the year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Way</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A selfish project manager will alienate the project team, or worse still, the team will think that is the correct way to behave and start to develop similar characteristics. The wise project manager shows enlightened leadership through service. He puts the well-being of the team above that of himself, for this is the way of the project manager. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Tao</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Lao Tzu tells us:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The sage stays behind, </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>a</i></span><i style="font-family: arial;">nd proceeds. </i></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Is detached from all things, </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>a</i></span><i style="font-family: arial;">nd continues. </i></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>By not having a personal agenda, </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>He is able to accomplish great things. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><div><br /></div>P M Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01209241018488058934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32935234.post-66495187231764042312022-10-24T09:19:00.000+01:002022-10-24T09:19:34.389+01:00The Great Mother<h4 style="text-align: left;"><b> <span style="font-family: arial;">The Project</span></b></h4><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm now well into Agile Project Management in easy steps and the book is now due for publication in February 2023. I've just finished Chapter 3, titled Understanding Yourself and I've based it around life as a journey, learning from the Tao as usual.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Way</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Much has been written about what a project manager needs to do but very little on the way he should do it. We have all probably met 'hard' project managers, who drive their team and themselves, but it is maybe more difficult to recall the 'soft' project managers, the ones who achieve quietly and seemingly with little effort. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The wise project manager brings out his feminine side (unless of course she already happens to be one of the 20% of project managers who is a woman, in which case be thankful and be yourself), for this is the way of the project manager. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Tao</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lao Tzu tells us: </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i></i></span></p><i style="font-family: arial;">The spirit of the valley does not die, </i><br /><i style="font-family: arial;">It might be called the Great Mother. </i><br /><i style="font-family: arial;">The origin of heaven and earth. </i><br /><i style="font-family: arial;">Ever present and everlasting. </i><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Use it, it will never fail. </i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></p>P M Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01209241018488058934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32935234.post-32211245032060591592022-10-04T18:08:00.001+01:002022-10-05T08:07:16.817+01:00Grass Dogs<p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Following the good news that my cancer has finally been cured after suffering through the Radiotherapy and Immunotherapy, we decided to celebrate with our first holiday in three years, </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Island hopping (by ferry) in Greece, should have been a great holiday Crete, Santorini, Paros, Naxos and Mykonos but Trailfinders let us down, five of the six hotels were in completely the wrong location for what we wanted to do, which was explore the Islands. To cap it all we have both gone down with Covid-19 since we returned. </span></p><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">This is going to be quite a short post.</span></p><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>The Project</b></span></p><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Back to the project in hand Agile Project Management in easy steps, I just got the first draft chapter finished before we left and I am waiting to hear what the publishers think of it so far. </span></p><p><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The
Way</b></p>
<p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">I think the term ‘Grass dogs’ is quite appropriate for this blog, as it is the term used in The Tao to indicate that things might be good or bad. Let us hope they are good but be prepared it they are bad. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">The light of awareness shines equally on what is good and
what is bad.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">One person is as worthy as
the next.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><div><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><b>The Tao</b></span></span></div><div><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Lao Tzu tells us:</span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Heaven and Earth are
not humane,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Considering all things
as grass dogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">The sage is not
humane,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Considering all as
grass dogs.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>P M Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01209241018488058934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32935234.post-17027661611931006802022-08-01T11:05:00.000+01:002022-08-01T11:05:35.759+01:00The Way is not a Thing<p>In my last post I told you that the immunotherapy treatment was taking its toll on me and it got progressively worse. It reached the stage where I had to ask them to stop the treatment, which they reluctantly agreed to, but insisted on giving me a whole sequence of scans to check progress. I would like to say that due to my powerful visualization and positive thinking I managed to cure myself, but that would be untrue. It seems the immunotherapy has actually worked. Today I had final confirmation that the cancer is gone. I am on a steady course of reducing the steroids they put me on and will be able to talk to my GP about what other drugs I can stop talking (hopefully the blood thinners). So life suddenly looks a whole lot rosier.<br /><br /><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Agile Time Management</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Initial feedback from my two experts was that it sounded like an advert for "4,000 weeks: Time and How to Use it" and anyone picking up my book would put it down and go and find that instead! Point well taken, I have now completely re-written it coming at it from the basis of similar open source information. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Meantime I am still experimenting with my bread making (for fun) and writing up the story of my life (for my son and daughter) and what I wish my father had done for me. But I must make it a bit more humorous, I don't want it to be a dull read.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Way</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Way is not a Thing; it is a single unifying principle. It is about how things happen. Poor project managers think that if they follow a methodology they are running their project the right way, but that is not the Way. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Way cannot be found and it cannot be learned, it simply is. The wise project manager runs his project by following natural laws and the single principle, for this is the Way of the Project Manager. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Tao</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Lao Tzu tells us:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>The Tao is like a well, </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i>It is used, but never used up. </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i>It is like an eternal void, </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i>But filled with infinite possibilities. </i></span></p><div><br /></div>P M Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01209241018488058934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32935234.post-73483144369867871822022-02-10T15:45:00.001+00:002022-02-10T15:46:07.319+00:00Simple Wisdom<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The
immunotherapy treatment is taking its toll on me in a number of ways, the most
recent is arrythmia, which is leaving me feeling quite unstable. After numerous
scans and other examinations it sounds like I am going to need to start taking
blood thinners to prevent blod clots and a possible stroke. But first I have to
have yet another CT scan and ECG and talk to my general practitioner, which
will be another two weeks. Meantime life goes on...</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Agile
Time Management</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I have
now finished the draft of the first chapter and am awaiting feedback from son
David (the Agile expert) and wife Anna (the language expert). At the moment I'm
not totally sure if it is going to work so I might seek wider feedback.
Meantime I am still experimenting with my bread making and writing up the story
of my life. This last is for my son and daughter and is what I wish my father
had done for me. I'm actually quite enjoying it but I must make it a bit more
humorous, I don't want it to be a dull read.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Way</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The poor
project manager is ambitious and eager for success. He wants to get on and
needs to demonstrate how clever he is, but this only creates havoc for the
project team, who will feel ignored or worthless. The wise project manager
ignores how people percieve them and concentates instead on what the team need
to do thier work effectively and protects them from external inteference. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Getting
things done will happen in a calm way, the team doesn't have to look busy, just
effective. If the team act normally and co-operate with one another, they will
achieve great things. The wise project manager makes sure the team functions
well and that what they do is effective. This is simple wisdom, for it is the
way of the project manager.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Tao</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Lao Tzu tells us:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Do not glorify great men, </span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And the people will not
quarrel. </span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Do not treasure valuable
possessions, </span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And the people will not become
thieves. </span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Do not show them
temptation, </span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And they will not be
confused. </span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Therefore the sage would lead
by: </span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Emptying people’s minds, </span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And filling their stomachs.
</span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">By weakening their
ambitions, </span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And strengthening their bodies.
</span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">If people lack cunning and
desire, </span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Those who scheme will not dare to
meddle. </span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Practice not doing and all will
be well. </span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><br />P M Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01209241018488058934noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32935234.post-23585709187775163002021-10-12T14:38:00.000+01:002021-10-12T14:38:30.061+01:00Trying Too Hard<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Personal Update</b> </span></span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">Many thanks to those of you who send me kind messages about my cancer. I waited quite a long time before posting an update as there have been several ups and downs. Put briefly, my throat cancer has cleared up following the radiotherapy; but cancer has spread to both lungs. They can't operate or risk radiotherapy as one of the cancers is very close to my heart, so after some deliberation they have just started me on immunotherapy (intravenous drugs every six weeks), which may or may not work, time will tell.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">Meantime I started throwing myself into high-intensity exercise together with walking rugby and swimming but I overdid it and ended up with a fractured patella and a hernia. I should have known better at my age! </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">The Project</span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">I have just started working on a new book on agile time management. Merging conventional time management wisdom (which I have already published a book on), with an agile approach. It was partly triggered by my reading "Four Thousand Weeks" by Oliver Burkeman. 4,000 weeks refers to our average lifetime and I realised that I am well into my last hundred or so so I had better crack on and hopefully I will get it finshed in time.<br /></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">I won't try too hard however. I once received some excellent advice from a ski coach.<span> </span>He said that I should try softer rather than
trying harder.<span> </span>“Imagine that the handles
of the ski poles are little canaries in your hands”.<span> </span>Several dead canaries later I finally stopped
trying so hard and it worked!<span> </span>Of course
I immediately got very excited at my success, crossed my skis and had a
spectacular crash!<span> </span>The way is not always
without a sense of humor.<span> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">Project
managers who drive themselves and their team think that they will be admired by
their management for their efforts.<span> </span>In
fact they are often laughed at.<span> </span>People
who tell you how good they are and how hard they work are likely to be
insecure.<span> </span>People who try and impress you
with the demands and complexities of their job are probably confused by it
themselves.<span> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">The Way<span> </span></span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">Now
consider the opposites.<span> </span>People who don’t
try too hard will usually achieve what they are working for because they are
working within the limit of their competence.<span>
</span>People who admit that they are always learning from what they do are the
ones with the real knowledge.<span> </span>People who
make things seem simple and easy to understand are the ones who really know
what they are talking about.<span> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">The
wise project manager does not make a fuss about things.<span> </span>He allows things to happen and unfold at
their own pace while observing them, for this is the way of the project
manager.<span> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">The Tao<span> </span></span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">Lao
Tzu tells us:<span> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Everyone sees some
things as excellent,<span> </span></span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Therefore other things
become bad.<span> </span></span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Everyone sees some
things as good,<span> </span></span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Therefore other things
are not good.<span> </span></span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Having and not-having
produce each other,<span> </span></span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Difficult and easy
bring about each other,<span> </span></span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Long and short reveal
each other,<span> </span></span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">High and low support
each other,<span> </span></span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Tone and voice
harmonize each other,<span> </span></span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Before and behind
accompany each other.<span> </span></span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><span> </span></span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Therefore the sage
acts without motive,<span> </span></span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Teaches with no words
of doctrine.<span> </span></span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">The ten thousand
things arise and fall,<span> </span></span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">But he has no claim of
ownership,<span> </span></span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Endowed but no claim
for payment.<span> </span></span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Meritorious work done,
then forgotten.<span> </span></span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Therefore it lasts
forever.<span> </span></span></i></span></span></p>
P M Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01209241018488058934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32935234.post-28224619747611610272020-12-27T07:16:00.000+00:002020-12-27T07:16:01.427+00:00A New Begining<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I have just completed my first five weeks of radiotherapy and have two more weeks to go, so fingers crossed. The side effects are starting to show, the skin around my neck feels like it has beeen sunburnt and looks like it as well (bright red). I'm having to put moisturiser on several times a day. The NHS nurses and the staff at the RD&E in Exeter are really great and supportive, what a great project team. Everyone knows their role. But at the end of the day it is up to me and my body to get through this. So I decided to go back and have another look at life and maybe try to draw out some of the wider learnings from it and not just concentrate on the project management aspects. I will start it here from a project management perspective and as usual see where the way leads me. </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">The
Way</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">The way cannot be learnt, it can only be
known, so this represents a new look in my quest for that knowledge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There will be darkness but out of that
darkness will come knowledge of how things happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">Lao Tsu tells us:</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">The
Way that can be told is not the eternal Way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></i></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">The
name that can be named is not the eternal name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></i></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">The
nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></i></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">With
a name the mother of the ten thousand things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></i></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></div><p><br /></p>P M Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01209241018488058934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32935234.post-26510571014957048032020-12-22T10:21:00.000+00:002020-12-22T10:21:22.430+00:00Letting Go<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I haven't posted anything for a while as I have not been too well during the Covid-19 pandemic. It turned out after a lot of tests that I have cancer and I am now undergoing radiotherapy treatment, which has led me to have a long think about where I am.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I am 77 and have had a good life thus far (and was still playing walking rugby until the radiotherapy) so can't really complain but I do have a number of things that I need to take care of. Mostly to do with succession planning for my technical books and personal matters. So it really is time to start letting go.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I've got two great friends (one is also my son) who have taken on most of my technical books but don't have anyone to take over "Effective Time Management in easy steps", any offers? </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I don't think I want anyone to take over "The Way of the Project Manager" as it is very personal to me and it will eventually fade away. But if anyone is interested in doing something similar feel free to use it as a starting point or not, I won't mind either way.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For my health and wealth I'm setting up lasting powerers of attorney with my wife and children. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The Way</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In project management there is no point in trying to be perfect or admired. These don't have any impact on the project and they won't make the project or the team any more successful. By letting go of all emotional baggage and just being part of the team we not only benefit the rest of the team and the project, but we also benefit ourselves.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The Tao</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lao Tzu tells us: </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Empty your mind of everything</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Let the mind rest at peace</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">The ten thousand things will rise and fall</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Being open minded, you will act in a kingly manner</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Being divine, you will be at one with the Tao</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Being at one with the Tao is eternal</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">And though the body dies, you are ready.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The term 'kingly' is used in the Tao as an alternative to 'the sage'. It indicates possessing the clarity of knowledge, being open-hearted and open-minded. I hope that I can aspire to be both.</span></div>P M Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01209241018488058934noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32935234.post-72726657698604765732020-10-30T21:52:00.000+00:002020-10-30T21:52:22.923+00:00The Ancient Masters<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;">I have just discovered that I have cancer. Not a nice experience but part of lifes rich patterns. The
effective learning cycle was first espoused many years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is an iterative process that suggests we
learn best if we go through four stages of the cycle: plan something, do it,
reflect on how it worked and then draw conclusions from it about what we will
do next time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;">However, when we start with somethig that wasn't planned we have to start at the second stage, do it. The cycle still works. I now have to reflect on what is happening and then draw conclusions from it. I draw strength from others around me that have been through the same process. What will be, will be. I am irrelevant in the great cosmos, all I can do is influence the furture by my behaviour now. I welcome cancer into my life.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;">I can share my experiences and encourage those around me to reflect on these and their
own experiences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reflection helps us to
see how things happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we reflect
we are grounded in the infinite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;">The Way<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;">The
wise project manager is considerate and does harm to no one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is courteous and knows how to yield
gracefully.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is open and receptive and
can clarify things for others, because he has been there himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The wise project manager is not trying to be enlightened,
because he is enlightened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;">The Tao</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;">Lao Tzu tells us: <br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;">The ancient masters
were subtle and profound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;">The depth of their
knowledge was unfathomable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;">The sage does not seek
fulfilment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;">Not seeking, not
expecting,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;">He can welcome
everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></p>
P M Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01209241018488058934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32935234.post-45803653561484026982020-08-10T11:26:00.001+01:002020-08-10T11:41:06.616+01:00Staying Aware
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">It seems that sales of the new book
(Sourdough Bread Made Easy: second edition) have taken off. My first thoughts
were that everyone had been awaiting it with glee. My second thoughts were that
with the Covid-19 pandemic and lock down, more people were staying in and
baking their own bread. That seems to fit with this blogs theme of staying
aware.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">One sure sign of a poor project manager is
someone who doesn’t know what's going on in his project. In his insecurity, he
may keep questioning the team to find out, but that will only irritate the team
members and it is not the way.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><b>The Way</b> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">We need to become silent and listen with
our inner selves. The wise project manager stays in the present. The past is
over and done with, there's no point in thinking about what might have been.
Likewise there is no point in trying to second guess the future, it will be
what it will be.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">The Tao</span></span></b></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">Lao Tzu tells us:</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">Look and it cannot be seen. Listen and it cannot be heard. Grasp and it cannot be held. </span></span></i></p><i><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></i><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">Grasp the strangeness which is Tao. Mindful of what exists now.</span><span lang="EN-US"> Knowing the ancient beginning, is the essence of wisdom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p>
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<![endif]-->P M Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01209241018488058934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32935234.post-90688914841943639192020-06-02T17:03:00.002+01:002020-08-10T11:21:25.901+01:00Project Success<p><span face="" style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">I have just finished my latest project, updating and releasing Sourdough Bread Made Easy: second edition. It is available on Amazon in paperback and e-book. So nothing to do with project management, but after walking rugby, baking sourdough bread is my second favourite hobby. </span><br />
<span face="" style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span face="" style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">For a project manager, success on projects is usually measured by whether the project is delivered on time, within budget and with all the required features and functionality (or on agile projects with all the required features and functionality that can be delivered in the available time). </span><br />
<span face="" style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span face="" style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">A poor project manager concentrates on getting the project in on time and within budget, a better project manager adds the required features and functionality (I like to think I ticked all three boxes on the book update).</span><br />
<span face="" style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span face="" style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><b>The Way</b> </span><span face="" style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"> </span></p><p><span face="" style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">But the wise project manager includes and cares for the users, the team and all the other project stakeholders. He lets them be the judges of whether or not the project is successful (so I await the judgement of my readers). </span><br />
<span face="" style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><br /></span><span face="" style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><b>The Tao</b></span><br />
</p><div>
<span face="" style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">Lao Tzu tells us:</span></div><div><span face="" style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<span face="" style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><i>Misfortune comes from having a body. </i></span><br />
<span face="" style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><i>Without a body, how could there be misfortune? </i></span><br />
<span face="" style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><i>Therefore honor life as yourself. </i></span><br />
<span face="" style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><i>Have faith in the way things are. </i></span><br />
<span face="" style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><i>Love the world as your own self, </i></span><br />
<span face="" style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><i>Then you can truly care for all things. </i></span><br />
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<br />P M Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01209241018488058934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32935234.post-7950493140583934812020-05-18T20:40:00.000+01:002020-05-18T20:40:53.782+01:00CoVid-19<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is really a long time since I've posted anything, but I am getting old, 77 at my next birthday if I'm lucky enough to survive. So locked in with nothing to do except look at my current books and one cried out for an update. Nothing to do with project management I'm afraid, but my now best selling book Sourdough Bread Made Easy. So I'm working on that, in fact I've nearly finished. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My other project management books are in the process of being handed over as part of my succession planning to David Morris and Graham Moore. The deal with them is that the next release is a joint book with both our names on it, the one after that is all theirs. The only book I haven't been able to plan a hand over for is Effective Time Management in Easy Steps, so if anyone out there is interested in taking it over let me know. It really does need updating.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So back to the way for a moment and thinking about CoVid-19 there are a lot of people worrying about the risk of catching it and dying. So maybe we should meditate on that for a moment.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">S</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ome
people fear life, some fear death and some waver between them. Lao Tzu tells us that each of these three
groups represents thirty percent of people.
Applying this to project management we could say that fear of failure
and apprehension about success, together with wavering between them causes
tension. This in turn causes people to
make mistakes in critical situations, which can have fatal consequences for the
project team.</span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Way</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
wise project manager represents the ten percent that have the wisdom to accept
that these polarities are simple facts and so enjoys the dance of
existence. The wise project manager
knows that everything comes and goes so there is no point in grasping for or
clinging to things. Why worry about what
might or might not happen?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A
ferocious dog will go for an excited or anxious person, while a conscious and
centered person can walk past unharmed.
The wise project manager does not worry about success or failure and this
freedom keeps him safe from harm.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Lao Tzu tells us:</b></span><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Between birth and
death,</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Three in ten are
followers of life,</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Three in ten are followers
of death,</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also three in ten are
of a nature,</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which actively leads
to death.</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why is this so?</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because they live a
substantial life.</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is said that he who
has a good grip on life,</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meets no rhinoceros or
tiger on his path.</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rhinoceroses can find
no place for their horns,</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tigers no place for
their claws,</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why is this so?</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because he has no
place for death.</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In
terms of the Tao death does not exist, it is just a transition from one state to
another.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />P M Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01209241018488058934noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32935234.post-62949604335643995412019-01-10T11:35:00.000+00:002019-01-10T11:35:21.371+00:00Being Open <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First my apologies; it is a long time since I've posted anything and the reason is I have been busy on things other than project management, but project management has once again appeared on the horizon, so I should address it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On the book front I am in the process of succession planning: the new release of Agile Project Management in easy steps is co-authored with David Morris and the new release of Effective Project Management is being co-authored with Graham Moore. They will be taking over the books from the next release and I know I am leaving them both in good hands.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Back to project management and my current issue: what should a project manager do when one of their team seems to struggling to deliver what's needed. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One of my old bosses once told me I should be tougher with people when they failed to deliver but that’s not my way. Some project managers seem to think that being a leader means they have to impose their own value system on their team, but this only leads to resentment. The wise project manager demonstrates leadership by being the servant of the team. He follows the team’s lead and is open to whatever emerges. Being open and attentive to the needs of others is more effective than being judgmental. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>The Way </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The wise project manager expects the best of people and they live up to it. People naturally tend to be good and truthful when they are being received in a good and truthful manner. The wise project manager may seem to be naive and childlike in this uncritical openness to whatever emerges. But openness is more potent than any system of judgment ever devised. The wise project manager judges no one and is equally attentive to all. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>The Tao </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lao Tzu tells us: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>The sage has no fixed agenda. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>He is aware of the needs of others. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>I am good to people who are honest. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>I am also good to people who are dishonest. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>This is true goodness. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>I </i></span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">keep faith with people who are sincere. </i><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>I also keep faith with people who are insincere. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>This is true faithfulness. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>The sage dwells in harmony, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>His agenda seems confused. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>To the sage all are as children. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The term ‘children’ refers to children of the mother (Tao), to the sage the goodness of any of the children is the same as his own goodness. </span><br />
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P M Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01209241018488058934noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32935234.post-40363988079428216542018-04-27T10:13:00.000+01:002018-04-27T10:13:23.133+01:00Unclutter Your Mind<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am in the process of running a time management course for the staff of the rugby club and it is quite like old times. Getting people to find out exactly what they do and why they do it is the first step, then they can move on to identifying the things that matter and concentrate on them. Hopefully they will stop doing the things that don't matter for that is the way.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The Way </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The wise project manager understands the purpose of methodologies, tools and techniques and knows if and when to use them, but he allows them to fade into the background. He is following a process of uncluttering his mind and simplifying his work. As he relies less on knowing what he should do, his work becomes more powerful. His consciousness is far more potent than any methodology. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By giving up trying to do the right thing, the project manager and the team will become far more fruitful, for this is the way of the project manager. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The Tao </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lao Tzu tells us: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>In the pursuit of learning, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Every day something is added. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>In the practice of the Tao, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Every day something is dropped. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Less and less is done </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Until non-action is achieved. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>When nothing is done, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Nothing remains undone. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>True mastery is gained, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>By letting things take their course, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Not by interfering. </i></span><br />
<br />P M Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01209241018488058934noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32935234.post-36427419296832643652018-02-23T12:23:00.001+00:002018-02-23T12:23:13.050+00:00Back Again<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well it seems like a long time since my last post but here I am back again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As part of my succession planning,</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've started working with an old friend and colleague Graham Moore on the next edition of Effective Project Management in easy steps. I did the same thing with my son David Morris on Agile Project Management and I plan to do the same on each of my books as they come up for a new edition, sharing royalties for that edition, then handing it over completely after that. Well I am 74 so it's about time I took a step back. I'll report on progress from time to time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My other project at the moment is organising a walking rugby festival for 14 April. It's being sponsored by Devon RFU and I've got guest sides coming from Reading, Salisbury, Bristol, Gloucester and Kingswood rugby clubs. I hope to get a few from Devon to build the sport locally but I need a fair bit of help in getting it going. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">There are many ways of plotting or measuring how well a project is performing. My own preference is for a simple deliverable checklist (or function list) with the team member responsible for the delivery together with the planned and actual completion dates. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The wise project manager is aware of what is happening on the project in the here and now. This is much more potent than complex interpretations of work completed. Stillness, clarity and consciousness are more immediate and will give a better understanding of what is happening. By staying in the present and being aware of what is happening, the wise project manager can do less yet still achieve more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Lao Tzu tells us: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Without going outside, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>You may understand the order of things. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Without looking through the window, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>You may see the way of things. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>To go far, is to know less. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Thus the sage knows without going, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Sees without looking, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Accomplishes without motive. </i></span><br />
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P M Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01209241018488058934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32935234.post-81066923899236385322017-10-13T12:51:00.000+01:002017-10-13T12:51:09.450+01:00No Win/No Lose <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Rugby</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Great excitement at the club this week as they will be filming next week's Rugby Tonight (BT Sport) at our very own Topsham Rugby Football Club. It will undoubtedly be chaos but I'll hopefully be able to get a plug in for walking rugby. Meanwhile we are working on three project proposals for improvements to the grounds and clubhouse, which nicely brings me on to:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While it’s good to have a happy project team as it tells you that things are going well, there will always be some conflicts of opinion in the team, and that’s only right and natural. There is no point in the project manager trying to stamp these out, as they actually create energies which are creative forces. Often a spark of genius or a great idea will evolve from heated discussion about the different ways of doing something. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However a poorly run project can look more like a battlefield. If the project manager loses sight of how things happen, differences of opinion will turn into quarrels which can begin to devastate the team. This all comes down to the project manager’s attitude. Trying to score points will not shed light on what is happening on the project. Wanting to be right will blind people to the real work of the project. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There should be no personal wins and no personal losses in project team work. The wise project manager knows that it is important to be content with what is actually happening and not get worked up about what might or might not happen. The only thing that matters is the team. If the project manager nurtures the team they will be successful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lao Tzu tells us: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>When the Tao is in the universe, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The horses haul manure. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>When the Tao is absent from the universe, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>War horses are kept near the city. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>There is no greater calamity than greed, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>No greater misfortune than avarice. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>So he who knows that enough is enough, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Will always have enough. </i></span><br />
<br />P M Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01209241018488058934noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32935234.post-38126348609241544772017-08-18T11:36:00.000+01:002017-08-18T11:36:12.336+01:00Appearing Foolish <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Rugby</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At last the end is in sight! The end of the cricket season that is and the start of rugby. We can't put the posts up yet but we are running our men's trials this evening with a BBQ to follow. Plus we've a pre-season friendly down at Sidmouth on Tuesday evening. Just enough to whet the appetite. Roll on September. Meanwhile the walking rugby goes from strength to strength and I've started registering the players ready for the new season.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some project managers like to be seen as experts on everything and they are always ready to give their views on the right way to do something, regardless of how little they actually know about it. Some also like to appear busy and never have any time to deal with the little niceties of life. But they do always seem to have enough time to check up on the team members and interfere with what they are doing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The wise project manager tries to keep things simple and may often appear to do be doing little. This lack of needless intervention allows the team to develop and be productive and effective. But it can sometimes appear that the project manager is sitting there with no idea of what to do, which can be disconcerting for a team member who is used to project managers behaving more dynamically. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When the wise project manager speaks, it is often to say something obvious and it can sound simple. Because what he says is also honest it may seem perplexing. The project manager’s stillness may even appear to be foolishness. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But the project manager’s stillness overcomes the team’s agitation. The project manager’s consciousness is his primary tool and this is what gets things done. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The Tao </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lao Tzu tells us: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Great perfection seems defective, </i></span><br />
<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Great straightness seems crooked. </i><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Great dexterity seems clumsy. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Great eloquence seems awkward. </i></span><br />
<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Movement conquers cold. </i><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Stillness conquers heat. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Purity and stillness set things in order in the universe. </i></span><br />
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P M Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01209241018488058934noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32935234.post-15154153569081488312017-08-04T17:28:00.001+01:002017-08-04T17:28:51.732+01:00Owning or Owned <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Rugby</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sorry I haven't posted for a couple of weeks but my Fridays (posting day) have been very tied up. On the walking rugby front there was a meeting of the clubs who have got walking rugby going up at Bristol Rugby, which was very encouraging. Our numbers are steadily growing at Topsham and one of the Devon RFC committee is coming to join us next week. Meanwhile pre-season training has started for the men's and women's squads and we have a couple of pre-season friendlies to look forward to. While on the admin side we are just about finishing off the budgeting process for 2017-18.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was talking to a couple of people the other evening about how people get into project management. Some </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">chose to work as project managers as they are interested in it, some choose it as a career choice, while others have it thrust upon them. I think I fell into the latter category, although I grew to love it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Good project managers do it because they enjoy managing projects and bringing change to their organizations. Wise project managers also want to develop the people on their project teams and their organizations to make them more effective. They also want to develop themselves so that they become better people. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However some project managers just do it in order to get ahead and earn more money. They don’t care about the people who are working on the project or those who will be impacted by it, just as how they are perceived by the senior people in the organization. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The problem with owning a lot is that the more you have the more you have to look after. The poor man doesn’t need to lock his door; the rich man has to live in a gated enclosure surrounded by security. The more you have, the more you have to lose. Is that owning things or being owned by them? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The wise project manager knows that giving up things will make him truly richer, so be still and discover your inner security. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lao Tzu tells us: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Reputation or oneself, which matters more? </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Wealth or happiness, which is more valuable? </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Success or failure, which is worse? </i></span><br />
<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Great attachment will lead to great waste. </i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Excessive hoarding will lead to heavy loss. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>A contented man avoids disgrace. </i></span><br />
<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Knowing when to stop avoids danger. </i><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>So acting one can last a long time. </i></span><br />
P M Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01209241018488058934noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32935234.post-76923152506773594392017-07-14T10:18:00.000+01:002017-07-14T10:18:24.493+01:00Gentle Intervention<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The Project</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally completed <i>Earned Value Management in easy steps</i>, thanks to lots of good feedback from David M, Graham M and David C-C. The publishers are now reviewing it, so far no queries or questions, so fingers crossed. Meanwhile onto the next project, updating <i>Sourdough Bread Made Easy, </i>I've lots of new material to add in and quite a few bits to update.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many things can cause conflicts on a project: tight schedules, tight budgets, other peoples’ priorities, human resources (or the lack of them), technical opinions, interpersonal conflicts and administrative procedures to name but a few. The project manager has to deal with these conflicts to keep the project on track. I have known some project managers that take the approach of confronting things head on and insisting on things being done their way but that is not the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The wise project manager takes a gentle approach to things. If there is a problem, he tries to identify the cause of the difficulty, first making sure it is not something he has or has not done. If someone is being difficult, the wise project manager is assertive about the issue but does not over-react. He is gentle with them and explains what he wants to achieve. He explains why it matters and trusts in his consciousness shedding light on the issue. But if that doesn’t work, he still does not over-react, for that is not the way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Instead the wise project manager steps back and yields knowing that their resistance will relax. The wise project manager understands how much, how little can achieve. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lao Tzu tells us:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The softest thing in the universe, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Overcomes the hardest. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>That which has no substance, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Can penetrate where there is no space. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I thus understand the value of being motiveless. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Teaching without words. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Actions without motive, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Are rarely attained in the world. </i></span><br />
<br />P M Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01209241018488058934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32935234.post-54549190965779586412017-07-07T12:47:00.000+01:002017-07-07T12:47:08.658+01:00Creative Energy<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had our AGM at the rugby club this week. Good turnout (probably because we opened the bar and had free food) and there was a good bit of lively discussion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Creativity in projects often comes from the interaction between opposites. If everyone on the project is in total harmony and agreement things will be very peaceful but there will be no spark. Getting the team round a table and discussing an issue or a challenge can often lead to sparks flying but that can prove to be a very creative process. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A poor project manager will try to force others to do what they want and will ultimately be undone by it. The wise project manager acts in a facilitation role rather than trying to drive the team. In some ways a wise project manager is more of a follower than a leader. His role is to foster and encourage the creativity of the team members. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In order to lead the wise project manager learns how to follow. In order to prosper the wise project manager learns to run the project simply. The natural balance of nature and of the team will ensure the right outcome. Follow others, live simply and encourage the creativity of the team, this is the Way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lao Tzu tells us: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Tao begot the one. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The one begot the two. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The two begot the three. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>And the three begot the ten thousand things. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The ten thousand things depend on the female, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>And embrace the male. </i></span><br />
<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Men dislike that which is helpless, insignificant or bad, </i><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>But this is how kings and lords describe themselves. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>When things diminish, they will increase. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>When things increase, they will diminish. </i></span><br />
<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That which is strong has no control over its death. </i><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>This will be the basis of my teaching. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>P M Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01209241018488058934noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32935234.post-43768825055173269352017-06-30T11:30:00.000+01:002017-06-30T11:30:04.278+01:00Disturbing Wisdom <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Someone wise once said "expect the unexpected" and it has often been repeated. It is true of life in general but it does seem to be particularly relevant in project management. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But no matter how much we try and expect the unexpected, unexpected things will happen on a project and it is important that the project manager finds out how and why. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The wise project manager finds out and acts accordingly. The poor project manager, even if they do manage to find out, dismisses it as nonsense. The poor project manager thinks kindness is weakness and selflessness is not the way to get ahead. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People who do not see how things happen are skeptical about the wise project manager’s behavior. Because his motives are obscure he is hard to figure out. It is not easy to understand a person whose foundation is invisible. But this is the way things happen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lao Tzu tells us:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The best scholar hears of the Tao, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>And practices it diligently. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The average scholar hears of the Tao, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>And sometimes practices it and sometimes not. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The foolish scholar hears of the Tao, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>And ridicules it. </i></span><br />
<br />P M Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01209241018488058934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32935234.post-17573315417923219802017-06-17T16:53:00.001+01:002017-06-17T16:53:55.556+01:00Meditation<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I once asked my old Tai Chi teacher, Yano, what the ten thousand things were. He just smiled and poked me in the stomach (he was like that). It was obvious, I should have thought about it or meditated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meditation requires peace and quiet but in the hurly-burly of project life it sometimes seems that there are very few moments like that. But we do need these moments of tranquility to slow down, take stock and re-charge our batteries. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The poor project manager worries about what is happening or not happening on their project, frets about what else might go wrong and gets angry at life and the world for their problems. That way lies despair! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The wise project manager uses the time to meditate calmly, returning to his inner self and becoming silent. What is happening when nothing is happening? What is the difference between what is happening and how it happens? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Through meditation we can start to understand the process and through understanding the process we can begin to understand the principle. This is the way things happen so we begin to understand what is happening on the project .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The Tao</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lao Tzu tells us: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Returning is the movement of the Tao. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Yielding is the way of the Tao. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The ten thousand things are born of being. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Being is born of not being. </i></span><br />
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P M Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01209241018488058934noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32935234.post-89564234789577319132017-06-09T12:42:00.000+01:002017-06-09T12:42:01.007+01:00The Root of Things<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Rugby</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not a very good start to the Lions tour so far, narrow victory over a scratch side and losing to the bottom club (albeit one with eight All Blacks in it) the Auckland Blues (my son David's team). Next up the Crusaders (the top NZ side) tomorrow so it doesn't get any easier. Meanwhile walking rugby is going well but we are struggling to get volunteers for our Groundforce Day (sprucing up the clubhouse and grounds) tomorrow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I currently have three people reviewing the content of the new book and the silence is deafening! Should I start to worry as it's due to the publishers by the end of the month!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When things start to get difficult on a project it is sometimes tempting to abandon the way. A poor project manager will try to use pressure to influence events, but the harder he tries, the worse things will get. When we try to interfere with nature, nothing works right. Things start to go wrong, the project team becomes disillusioned and the project ends up failing. We need to recognise that power comes from the natural order of things. Natural events are potent because they act in accordance with how things work. They simply are. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The Way </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On a project we are all team players. Success comes through co-operation and providing a service to others. Therefore the wise project manager is not self-centred; he nurtures the team, co-operates with them and is their servant. Potency comes from knowing what is happening and acting accordingly. Freedom comes from obedience to the natural order. This way the project progresses, the team is happy and the project is in harmony with nature.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The Tao </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lao Tzu tells us: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Of old these arise from the one: </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The sky was able to be pure, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The earth was able to be tranquil, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The spirits were able to be spiritual, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The valley was able to be abundant, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The ten thousand things were able to be alive, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>And the rulers were able to lead. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>All these came about. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>If the sky was not pure it would split open, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>If the earth was not tranquil it would erupt, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>If the spirits were not spiritual they would vanish, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>If the valley was not abundance it would wither, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>If the ten thousand things were not alive they would be extinct, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>If the rulers did not lead they would be toppled. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Therefore cheap is the root of expensive, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Low is the root of high. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The rulers consider themselves alone, bereft and unworthy, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Fail to use worthless as their root. Is it not so? </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The substance of the vehicle is not the vehicle. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Do not wish to be shiny like jade, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Be dull like rock. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>P M Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01209241018488058934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32935234.post-21982842406743852072017-06-02T11:12:00.000+01:002017-06-02T11:12:48.626+01:00Virtuous Leadership <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over the years I've had the pleasure of meeting a few really good project managers and the misfortune of meeting a lot of poor project managers.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Way </b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A poor project manager tries to behave in what he think is the ‘right way’ for a project manager to behave. He acts as if busy but never seem to achieve anything. This sheds no light on anything and usually backfires as the team think he doesn’t actually know what’s going on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The wise project manager is aware of what is happening in the team and acts accordingly. There are no ways to behave that will ensure successful leadership. It cannot be calculated or manipulated and it is never achieved by trying to look good. The wise project manager just does the right thing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The Tao</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lao Tzu tells us: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>True goodness is not virtuous, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Because it has virtue. </i></span><br />
<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A foolish person tries to be good, </i><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Therefore has no virtue. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The sage does nothing, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Yet leaves nothing undone. </i></span><br />
<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A foolish man is always doing, </i><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Yet much remains to be done. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>When a truly kind man does something, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>He leaves nothing undone. </i></span><br />
<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When a just man does something, </i><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>He leaves a great deal to be done. </i></span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Therefore ignore Tao and virtue ensues. </i><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Ignore virtue and kindness ensues. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Ignore kindness and justice ensues. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Ignore justice and etiquette ensues. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>A man of etiquette despises goodness</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>And sets in motion confusion. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>His concern is himself and what serves him, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>It is the beginning of folly. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Therefore the truly great man looks to the substantial, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>And not what is on the surface. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The true fruit not the flowery. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Dismissing the one, grasping the other. </i></span><br />
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P M Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01209241018488058934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32935234.post-22325589075771776772017-05-26T12:48:00.001+01:002017-05-26T12:48:42.642+01:00Doing Little<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Walking Rugby</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Walking rugby really seems to be taking off, we had ten people again last night, so 5-a-side on a 20 x 40 pitch worked well. And everyone is enjoying it! But I digress as I was really going to talk about doing little.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The Way </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some people get confused when a project manager appears to be doing very little and yet things still seem to get done. But the wise project manager knows that is how things work. The Tao does nothing, yet everything gets done. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The poor project manager appears to be too busy, always rushing about so nothing actually gets done. When the wise project manager finds himself getting too busy, he takes a step back, returns to selfless silence and centers himself. Being centred creates order and when there is order, there is little to do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The Tao </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lao Tzu tells us: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Tao abides in non-action, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Yet nothing is left undone. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>When kings are able to conform to this, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The ten thousand things will develop naturally. </i></span><br />
<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Transformed, yet wishing to achieve, </i><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I shall repress them with the simplicity of the nameless. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The simplicity of the nameless, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Acts without desire. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Without desire, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The world will be at peace. </i></span><br />
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