Comments on: The Dangers of Paying Too Well http://compoundthinking.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/30/the-dangers-of-paying-too-well/ New Perspectives on Information Technology Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:10:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mark Ramm http://compoundthinking.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/30/the-dangers-of-paying-too-well/#comment-164675 Mark Ramm Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:40:19 +0000 http://compoundthinking.com/blog/?p=310#comment-164675 Awesome quote. Of course the real trick is always teaching someone to "long for the immensity of the sea," -- particularly if you don't already have a boat so you can show it to them. That's why the ability to tell stories that grip the imagination seems to me to be at the heart of good project management. Awesome quote. Of course the real trick is always teaching someone to “long for the immensity of the sea,” — particularly if you don’t already have a boat so you can show it to them.

That’s why the ability to tell stories that grip the imagination seems to me to be at the heart of good project management.

]]> By: Bruce Webber http://compoundthinking.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/30/the-dangers-of-paying-too-well/#comment-164667 Bruce Webber Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:31:25 +0000 http://compoundthinking.com/blog/?p=310#comment-164667 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote "If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them to tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the immensity of the sea." It's overstated, of course, because we do need requirements, planning, coordination, etc., but I think this quote does get to the heart of motivation. -- Bruce Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them to tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the immensity of the sea.”

It’s overstated, of course, because we do need requirements, planning, coordination, etc., but I think this quote does get to the heart of motivation.

– Bruce

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