micro management

During a long car drive I got talking with Jon about computer games and life. We were discussing winning strategies. I had played some games of CNC3 with my brother earlier and I had elected to spend my time organizing my units and getting the little things right. I spent so much time on that, that when my brother showed up with his forces, I was vastly outgunned was wiped out in minutes.

What did I do wrong? I spent too long concentrating on the little stuff. making sure I had everything running perfect, but I was wasting a lot of time! My brother on the other hand quickly got the basics down and started working and researching advanced tech.

How this relates to life is that sometimes so many of us spend all our time and energy taking care of the little stuff. that we forget the bigger picture of living life. For example. I go to work to get money to go to work to get money etc. Or, I go to work to save money for a holiday. Or I am working to get a better quality of life.

I don’t want to look back on my work life and say it was all a hard slog and have nothing to show for it all. I want to be able to say yeah, I worked, but I also managed to see all of New Zealand, and I went and had laughs with friends and I went to canada! and I did somehting that was worthwhile instead of sitting in a cubicle all day and not know why.

Sure, Managing the little things is important, but do not lose sight of why you are doing it!