Message of the Day - Brute Force Vs. Finesse

Good Morning,

 

Most of my life I had dabbled with reading the larger books on various subjects. One that I had wanted to just dive into back in 2006 was the Bible. I decided one day to open the book to page one and start reading. I gotten through about fifty chapters or so and had it put it down. I could not take it anymore. No amount of force or willpower was going to help me keep going. And not until a year later did I take on that task and complete it, but this time, I used finesse instead of sheer force.

 

The second time is was with a plan, I divided the task up by 365 days. In that way, I tore through the entire book in small sections. With patience and a plan, I was able to accomplish what brute force of will could not.

 

Why is using a planned approach to tasks preferable to just rolling up our sleeves and diving into them?

 

For smaller tasks, and those which I hate doing, the brute force approach is usually the best way. Just to get it over with.

 

When tasks get more complex or larger, the ability to stick with it comes into play. Keeping up the momentum becomes an ever growing challenge when we just push our way through. We have to sell ourselves on keeping on keeping on. Like holding our arms straight out to our sides, it becomes harder the longer you do it.

 

When we have a plan, and use some finesse, we have the steps in place to fall back upon when it starts getting rough.

 

The challenge with the plan is to be patient and not toss it to the side in our urge to get it done sooner or worse, NOW.

 

With a little self discipline and a plan, many larger tasks can be torn down to size and chugged through with no problem.

 

Like the story about the dad who had his son take a pocket knife to a board each night. The boy would hold the board and pull the blade across the board. Each night, the cut got deeper. After about a month, the board fell in two. Persistence with a plan did with ease what brute force might not have ever accomplished.

 

Enjoy!

 

Sanford Berenberg

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