Comments on: The best laid plans… http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/04/10/the-best-laid-plans/ A Parent's Perspective from a Ross High Mum Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:18:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: guineapigmum http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/04/10/the-best-laid-plans/#comment-831 guineapigmum Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:24:14 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/04/10/the-best-laid-plans/#comment-831 I'm sure that's right and there's plenty of stuff I just muddle through - most of my life in fact! :lol: But I think it's the frustration that comes when you think, for once, you're organised and then some external factor beyond your control wanders in and blows it all out of the water.. :evil: I’m sure that’s right and there’s plenty of stuff I just muddle through - most of my life in fact! :lol: But I think it’s the frustration that comes when you think, for once, you’re organised and then some external factor beyond your control wanders in and blows it all out of the water.. :evil:

]]> By: David Gilmour http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/04/10/the-best-laid-plans/#comment-830 David Gilmour Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:20:23 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/04/10/the-best-laid-plans/#comment-830 This sounds like my DIY, or my upgrade project, or just about anything really. But I was enouraged by a book I thumbed through in Waterstones recently in which the authors argued that this wasn't necessarily a bad thing. The argument went something like, "Everyone thinks they should be perfectly organised, with lovely plans, project meetings and perfect time management - but there's no evidence that this leads to better results. The overheads, in fact, reduce the resources available to get stuff done." Humanity's great achievements, it seems, are more to do with pig-headed determination than tidy organisation. No, I can't remember the title, and was too disorganised to note it down. ;) This sounds like my DIY, or my upgrade project, or just about anything really.

But I was enouraged by a book I thumbed through in Waterstones recently in which the authors argued that this wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.

The argument went something like, “Everyone thinks they should be perfectly organised, with lovely plans, project meetings and perfect time management - but there’s no evidence that this leads to better results. The overheads, in fact, reduce the resources available to get stuff done.”

Humanity’s great achievements, it seems, are more to do with pig-headed determination than tidy organisation. No, I can’t remember the title, and was too disorganised to note it down. ;)

]]> By: guineapigmum http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/04/10/the-best-laid-plans/#comment-818 guineapigmum Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:59:37 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/04/10/the-best-laid-plans/#comment-818 Move south? It would have to be deep deep south, a long way south, much further than Portsmouth. But I could happily retreat to a deep, dark, lonely cave somewhere. Move south? It would have to be deep deep south, a long way south, much further than Portsmouth. But I could happily retreat to a deep, dark, lonely cave somewhere.

]]> By: Potty Mummy http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/04/10/the-best-laid-plans/#comment-816 Potty Mummy Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:39:13 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/04/10/the-best-laid-plans/#comment-816 The best-laid plans, GPM. Of course, there is another solution. Move south yourself? The best-laid plans, GPM. Of course, there is another solution. Move south yourself?

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