Sunday, June 7, 2009

Sensitivity and the Freeway

Ironically, a friend was telling me an interesting analogy that I would like to share.

Imagine that your business, life, community, etc is like a freeway, and traffic is flowing in an orderly productive fashion because it is not too crowded. Even when there is an occasional accident or breakdown, the traffic can move in an orderly fashion around the disruption.

Now imagine the numbers of cars increases significantly. This could be due to having fewer employees and the same amount of work. Or fewer dollars and a desire to maintain all the programs and services you have come to expect. Or just too many things happening in your personal life.

As the freeway becomes more congested, the slightest disruption can bring traffic to a halt or cause more disruptions/accidents... Also, as this happens it is much easier to frustrate other drivers and sometimes trigger road rage...

My point:
  • Planning becomes even more important when the freeway is busy. The consequences of poor planning/break downs are just to great.
  • Probably best to be a defensive driver and not cut anyone off. You never know what kind of a day they are having...
  • Maintaining balance in our personal lives is good...

Any additions or other useful analogies for these stress filled times...

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