quote of the day - "If you race merely for the tributes from others, you will be at the mercy of their expectations." - Scott Tinley
No Brakes!
A Software Engineer, a Hardware Engineer and a Departmental Manager were on their way to a meeting. They were driving down a steep mountain road when suddenly the brakes on their car failed. The car careened almost out of control down the road, bouncing off the crash barriers, until it miraculously ground to a halt scraping along the mountainside. The car's occupants, shaken but unhurt, now had a problem: they were stuck halfway down a mountain in a car with no brakes. What were they to do?
"I know," said the Departmental Manager, "Let's have a meeting, propose a Vision, formulate a Mission Statement, define some Goals, and by a process of Continuous Improvement find a solution to the Critical Problems, and we can be on our way."
"No, no," said the Hardware Engineer, "That will take far too long, and besides, that method has never worked before. I've got my Swiss Army knife with me, and in no time at all I can strip down the car's braking system, isolate the fault, fix it, and we can be on our way."
"Well," said the Software Engineer, "Before we do anything, I think we should push the car back up the road and see if it happens again."
Playlist
I listened to my most favourite songs when I ran yesterday:
Fix You - Coldplay
Low - Coldplay
The Blues - Switchfoot
Square One - Coldplay
Talk - Coldplay
Politicians - Switchfoot
Blind - Lifehouse
White Shadows - Coldplay
Come Back Down – Lifehouse
The Hardest Part - Coldplay
Stars - Switchfoot
Eagles – Third Day
Politik (live version) - Coldplay
Dare You To Move - Switchfoot
Grace – Nichole Nordeman
God Put A Smile On Your Face (live version) - Coldplay
Solid Rock – Delirious with TobyMac
Lonely Nation - Switchfoot
Amsterdam (live version) - Coldplay
Kite – U2
Classic Dummy Spit
Jon Drummond, non-running specialist
No Brakes!
A Software Engineer, a Hardware Engineer and a Departmental Manager were on their way to a meeting. They were driving down a steep mountain road when suddenly the brakes on their car failed. The car careened almost out of control down the road, bouncing off the crash barriers, until it miraculously ground to a halt scraping along the mountainside. The car's occupants, shaken but unhurt, now had a problem: they were stuck halfway down a mountain in a car with no brakes. What were they to do?
"I know," said the Departmental Manager, "Let's have a meeting, propose a Vision, formulate a Mission Statement, define some Goals, and by a process of Continuous Improvement find a solution to the Critical Problems, and we can be on our way."
"No, no," said the Hardware Engineer, "That will take far too long, and besides, that method has never worked before. I've got my Swiss Army knife with me, and in no time at all I can strip down the car's braking system, isolate the fault, fix it, and we can be on our way."
"Well," said the Software Engineer, "Before we do anything, I think we should push the car back up the road and see if it happens again."
Playlist
I listened to my most favourite songs when I ran yesterday:
Fix You - Coldplay
Low - Coldplay
The Blues - Switchfoot
Square One - Coldplay
Talk - Coldplay
Politicians - Switchfoot
Blind - Lifehouse
White Shadows - Coldplay
Come Back Down – Lifehouse
The Hardest Part - Coldplay
Stars - Switchfoot
Eagles – Third Day
Politik (live version) - Coldplay
Dare You To Move - Switchfoot
Grace – Nichole Nordeman
God Put A Smile On Your Face (live version) - Coldplay
Solid Rock – Delirious with TobyMac
Lonely Nation - Switchfoot
Amsterdam (live version) - Coldplay
Kite – U2
Classic Dummy Spit
Jon Drummond, non-running specialist
