Comments on: Learning from Living http://garrickvanburen.com/archive/learning-from-living User Experience Strategy, Ruby and Rails Web App Development Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:04:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The Work Better Weblog » Archive » Learning from Living - Part 2 http://garrickvanburen.com/archive/learning-from-living/comment-page-1#comment-21125 The Work Better Weblog » Archive » Learning from Living - Part 2 Thu, 26 May 2005 22:24:03 +0000 http://garrickvanburen.com/archive/learning-from-living#comment-21125 [...] « Legalizing Feng Shui Many Conversations Converge » Learn [...] [...] « Legalizing Feng Shui Many Conversations Converge » Learn [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://garrickvanburen.com/archive/learning-from-living/comment-page-1#comment-21124 Anonymous Wed, 18 Aug 2004 22:33:24 +0000 http://garrickvanburen.com/archive/learning-from-living#comment-21124 The Japanese have a 1/3 - 2/3 ratio similiar to Americans, only backwards. we'll spend little time on planning a project and then the remaining 2/3 of the time working through execution. oftentimes this is an expensive path to follow, as many unforseen problems can arise. the Japanese will spend much time talking, planning, and testing a plan before the execution. think Japanese cars relability vs. american cars. undoubtly the Japanese cars rank better almost every time. Americans are in a big damn hurry to do something, whether they get it right or not isn't necessarily as important as in the doing. The Japanese have a 1/3 – 2/3 ratio similiar to Americans, only backwards. we’ll spend little time on planning a project and then the remaining 2/3 of the time working through execution. oftentimes this is an expensive path to follow, as many unforseen problems can arise. the Japanese will spend much time talking, planning, and testing a plan before the execution. think Japanese cars relability vs. american cars. undoubtly the Japanese cars rank better almost every time.

Americans are in a big damn hurry to do something, whether they get it right or not isn’t necessarily as important as in the doing.

]]> By: Working Pathways, LLC - The Work Better Weblog http://garrickvanburen.com/archive/learning-from-living/comment-page-1#comment-21123 Working Pathways, LLC - The Work Better Weblog Wed, 18 Aug 2004 22:13:30 +0000 http://garrickvanburen.com/archive/learning-from-living#comment-21123 <strong>Learning from Living - Part 2</strong> As I mentioned in an earlier post, I spent the weekend doing tearing out carpetting from our house and understanding the electrical and plumbing systems. A couple of our plans needed to change once we really got into the house: Need a new subf... Learning from Living – Part 2
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I spent the weekend doing tearing out carpetting from our house and understanding the electrical and plumbing systems. A couple of our plans needed to change once we really got into the house:

Need a new subf…

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