Too good to be true

Colleagues,

Yesterday, I wrote about my epic greenhouse-shed collapse.
 
What I didn’t tell you was that I was ecstatic!
 
Why?

• I was free from a project I had come to loath.
• All the project resources were now unencumbered.
• I could now focus on what I really wanted – a greenhouse.

 
I have abandoned the shed idea. I may revisit it after the greenhouse is done, but I will be busy growing plants, which is more fun than building sheds.
 
How did this happen?

• We are naturally attracted to BIG ideas.
• We consistently underestimate implementation challenges.
• Our focus shifts from the problem to something else.

 
In my case, the original problem was that my 4-mil plastic greenhouse didn’t keep plants warm enough when the temperature got below 30 degrees. 
 
I became focused on:

• Using extra resources that came my way
• The step that came after the greenhouse
• My idealized dreams

 
I hope you are not laughing too hard, because if you have ever worked on a grant-funded project, or chased a vision, then you have built a shed when all you needed was a greenhouse!
 
Hmmmm…
 
Cheers!
 
Frederick