That Don't Impress Me Much

"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do" -Leonardo da Vinci

Da Vinci was a man who wanted to see progress. He would be unimpressed with democracy as he would see too many politicians standing around talking and too few people actually getting the job done. There’re far too many people who just want to stand around to watch other people work to make the task happen. Having a piece of paper in front of you just isn’t as impressive visually as the man who’s physically creating your idea. Diving in without careful planning can lead to mistakes, but the doers can also learn from their mistakes and work to improve upon them. But sometimes the cost of the mistake is too great to bear; which is why so many ideas are lost in the planning stages. But when the cost of the planning outweighs the cost of the actual solution, you’ve got to wonder if you’ve got the right people in the right place to get the job done at all.