Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Right questions not answers

Solutions to problems, that's what most of us are searching for everyday and every moment of our lives, personal and professional.

We're always concerned about something or the other or stressed about the oncoming headwinds, but most of the time, we don't even understand what the problem is to begin with. We go on a quest to find the solution, and either never really understand the problem, or somehow get lost on the way and forget the original problem and finally come up with a solution which is irrelevant.

So next time when you get started on something, document what the objective was in the first place and keep on track. Project mangers might be able to keep you on schedule with their Gantt Charts, but won't be able to tell you if the problem is the right one.

Wrong problem => Wrong Solution => Bad Strategy => Concern about new things=> New problem...