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Too good to be true

2/22/2022

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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
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