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Build it Right or Tear it Down
The best innovative designers solve the problem. They don’t settle. And they don’t back down. Neither should you.
One of my newest opportunities at my current position is in project management in construction. I am a complete novice and in the position of figuring out how to operate in this new role. Since I love a new challenge, it has been a fun adventure. But the stress of having no experience in this arena has certainly gotten to me at times over the course of the last year. The experience has offered so many lessons I have been able to apply to my life at large. And taking on this new challenge has made me feel open to taking on a huge variety of more difficult projects.
Project Management in any discipline essentially comes down to daily and sometimes hourly problem solving. You never really know what your day will bring. I could look at it as being constantly sidetracked, but in actuality, it is inherent to the job. Things go wrong every day and the requirement is to adjust and accomodate.
The parallels to everyday life are apparent to me each work day. In life, either you are a problem solver or you aren’t. Tackling huge projects require the ability to take life as it comes. First solve one problem, then the next. Having a vision of the completed work is key…
