I'm Just Sayin' that there's a lot to learn about this blogging stuff.
Today I learned that there's a big difference between draft and publish. I am used to writing and editing many drafts. Running out of time during my writing this morning, I quickly saved my first draft to be reworked later...
...and so, the first draft of today's blog was out there 'in the cyber world' for an hour or so before I could edit it. If you received it, my apology.
I need to be more aware of the public quality of this forum. It is a new venue for me, and today I made the mistake of 'doing my writing' directly on my blog.
So, I'm sorry for my first draft mistakes. I will be doing my future writing offline, and 'saving' my work here only when it is a finished product.
I'm Just Sayin'
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
I'm Just Sayin'
I'm Just Sayin' that my motivation isn't to do things '...just good enough.'
Excellence, in some circles, has gotten a bad rap. Excellent customer service, careful consideration, finishing details, thoughtful organization - when did these become objects of ridicule?
'Good enough' has long been a mantra of those with priorities elsewhere;
but when did "I'm a big fan of good enough." become a catch phrase of the effective?
'Good enough' is sometimes the only way to address the priority - for example, when the priority is family: "I'll get most of this volunteer project done as well as I can, but I have to do the shopping and pick up the kids before my wife comes home from work. Good enough will have to do." This scenario I understand.
This scenario I find problematic:
I'll get most of this job done (the 40 hour per week one) as well as I can, but I may have to spend a good part of my time at work planning for my life outside of work.
'Good enough' has long been a mantra of those with priorities elsewhere. My objection is trying to legitimize this mantra at work as a mantra of the EFFECTIVE, when the priority seems to be anything but work, when elsewhere seems to be anywhere but work, and when the definition of effective seems to be "just good enough."
Excellence, in some circles, has gotten a bad rap. Excellent customer service, careful consideration, finishing details, thoughtful organization - when did these become objects of ridicule?
'Good enough' has long been a mantra of those with priorities elsewhere;
but when did "I'm a big fan of good enough." become a catch phrase of the effective?
'Good enough' is sometimes the only way to address the priority - for example, when the priority is family: "I'll get most of this volunteer project done as well as I can, but I have to do the shopping and pick up the kids before my wife comes home from work. Good enough will have to do." This scenario I understand.
This scenario I find problematic:
I'll get most of this job done (the 40 hour per week one) as well as I can, but I may have to spend a good part of my time at work planning for my life outside of work.
'Good enough' has long been a mantra of those with priorities elsewhere. My objection is trying to legitimize this mantra at work as a mantra of the EFFECTIVE, when the priority seems to be anything but work, when elsewhere seems to be anywhere but work, and when the definition of effective seems to be "just good enough."
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Lessons for Librarians From Teaching?
3.7.10
When I was teaching, back in the day, I went to a conference session entitled "YOU DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING, SO STOP PRETENDING," or something like that. Close enough.
This is the phrase I remember from it:
Sage on the Stage, or Guide on the Side?
As a young teacher, it was good for me to realize that when students see what I know as well as what I don't, they see that it's all about learning, not about being someone who knows it all.
What a relief.
As a 'mature' librarian experiencing information overload and 'change as the constant,' I remind myself not to be embarassed or discouraged by what I don't know, and not to pretend to know more than I do. It's time to learn from younger and older colleagues alike.
Who cares who learned it first? Let's drop our egos and get on with it. Let's enjoy seeing all that someone else knows, without the constant comparison and competition. Let's enjoy someone else's success, for that matter, and not be threatened.
What a relief.
When I was teaching, back in the day, I went to a conference session entitled "YOU DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING, SO STOP PRETENDING," or something like that. Close enough.
This is the phrase I remember from it:
Sage on the Stage, or Guide on the Side?
As a young teacher, it was good for me to realize that when students see what I know as well as what I don't, they see that it's all about learning, not about being someone who knows it all.
What a relief.
As a 'mature' librarian experiencing information overload and 'change as the constant,' I remind myself not to be embarassed or discouraged by what I don't know, and not to pretend to know more than I do. It's time to learn from younger and older colleagues alike.
Who cares who learned it first? Let's drop our egos and get on with it. Let's enjoy seeing all that someone else knows, without the constant comparison and competition. Let's enjoy someone else's success, for that matter, and not be threatened.
What a relief.
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