Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the world. — Arthur Schopenhauer
What does that mean?
Each of us has our limits. For some, the limit is in the seeing, for others, it’s in the doing. Others have limits built into their thinking, or the ability to believe.
This is neither an accusation nor a problem unless we let it become so.
It becomes a problem when we start rejecting the principles on which we are assessing the facts before us because they differ from our vision that pushes against our limits.
It’s a problem when we stand by our limits when others can see more than we can, can do more than we can, can think better than we can, or believe in something we cannot, or most importantly fail to understand the principles by which we see, do, think, or believe. It’s even worse when we try to hold others back because our vision is so limited, that we try to limit the world, and everyone else, to that view.
The problem comes in our program and project management world when those seeing, doing, understanding or believing have yet to come in contact with the core principles of managing other people's money in the presence of the uncertainties found on all project work using the principles, processes, and practices of Risk Management.
