8th April 2011
Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.
~Norman Vincent Peale
Just imagine a stationary car or stagnant water. What is the use? The car may be a powerful car designed with the latest technology. Unless and until there is mobility, there is no use. The water will start stinking and the car will rust and will be disposed of as a scrap.
So is the situation if we do not act. No matter what idea we have and how wonderful is our idea. The critical issue is: what do we do with the idea? Time is a very crucial factor. Timing is a good strategy. One trait which made Alexander the Great as the conqueror of the world is his speed. History says that we will strike at the most unexpected time and at a speed that the opponent will be taken back by shock and surprise.
It is true that we should plan and we should deliberate on the strategy in detail and then only act. We have to analyze various choices before we act. But it should not land us in `analysis paralyses. In my time management seminar I discuss about what is called `cycle time and lead time'. Lead time is the time we normally take to complete a task. In this we accommodate delays, waiting time, mistakes etc. But cycle time is the least minimum time we should take to complete a project. One example is the time we take to replace our punctured tyre and the time a racer takes in an international car race to do the same!
Time is a great resource and we should use it to our advantage. Else, someone else will beat us when we are least prepared!
N C Sridharan
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