Monday, November 10, 2014

Pile-up

I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me: the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.
– from ‘Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome

So often, so many of us keep staring at the ever increasing pile of things that keeps building up as we allow it too. It seems to be wedded to the place where it rests. Eventually the pile-up rises to such proportions that we seem helpless in having any control over it.

Proactive persons never permit a pile-up. They keep doing things on time, thus ensuring that many small things don’t end up contributing to a big heap of many little things that have been ignored for remedial action. It is prudent to ensure that the pile-up never happens by ensuring continuous actions to tackle even the most insignificant task.

For instance, ones who clear their desk, of tasks as well as clutter, will seldom be facing a pile-up that seems menacing. Those who regular monitor the maintenance of their vehicle will seldom have to deal with major repairs. Those who keep involving in regular actions, to tackle tasks as they spring up, will eventually see them unite to impact the defeat of the pile-up, even before it has begun.

We must take on every tiny task on timely nick...
to ‘unite to impact’ the rout of the pile-up peak!
                              
- Pravin K. Sabnis
Goa, India.

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