A little confidence and an encouraging supervisor went a long way as I built a database supported forms system. The next 20 years brought a time of learning, both technically and politically, but I wasn’t learning the important lessons well enough.
Begin with the End in Mind
Now a common phrase elevated practically to buzzword, “Begin with the End in Mind” is number two on Steven Covey’s “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”. In short, it’s a catchy phrase reminding people, whether in business or in life, to set a goal and justify or reject all pursuits on the basis of whether …