Comments on: Welcome to the Land of Canaan For Project Managers http://svprojectmanagement.com/welcome-to-the-land-of-canaan-for-project-managers Project management wisdom from practictioners and the UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:47:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Josh Nankivel http://svprojectmanagement.com/welcome-to-the-land-of-canaan-for-project-managers/comment-page-1#comment-1236 Josh Nankivel Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:23:23 +0000 http://svprojectmanagement.com/2008/07/20/welcome-to-the-land-of-canaan-for-project-managers/#comment-1236 I agree with most of the lists, so of course I must comment about the one point with which I disagree.. :-) <blockquote>18) Judge your success by what you have had to give up in order to get it;</blockquote> Although sacrifice is usually an ingredient, there are many stronger correlates to success than the sacrifice that went into it. The value delivered, the satisfaction derived, and the level of improvement are better measures of success. There are several successes I can measure using the above criteria that I do not feel I had to "give up" anything for. On the flip side, there are many (too many) examples of unsuccessful efforts where much was sacrified. I agree that the lessons learned are extremely valuable and can lead to future success, but learning a lesson without putting it into practice is not a successful excercise. My $.02 Josh Nankivel <a href="http://www.PMStudent.com" target="newcommentwin" rel="nofollow">pmStudent.com </a> I agree with most of the lists, so of course I must comment about the one point with which I disagree.. :-)

18) Judge your success by what you have had to give up in order to get it;

Although sacrifice is usually an ingredient, there are many stronger correlates to success than the sacrifice that went into it. The value delivered, the satisfaction derived, and the level of improvement are better measures of success.

There are several successes I can measure using the above criteria that I do not feel I had to “give up” anything for. On the flip side, there are many (too many) examples of unsuccessful efforts where much was sacrified. I agree that the lessons learned are extremely valuable and can lead to future success, but learning a lesson without putting it into practice is not a successful excercise.

My $.02

Josh Nankivel
pmStudent.com

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