My Vow

I vow to do whatever it takes to get whatever it is I’m supposed to be doing done, to whatever level that thing needs to be done to, and by the time that thing needs to be done by, no matter what has to be done, and no matter the cost that this thing, whatever it is, costs.

I repeat this vow to myself every morning, before I check my TODO list, though to be fair, when you’re so focused on ‘doing everything it takes’, you don’t really need a TODO list, or any of those organizer things.

That’s because you live and breathe this thing. Or, more accurately, these things because when you’re so committed to ‘laying yourself on the line’ people start asking you to do more things because they know you’re the kind of guy who will do what it takes, regardless of the cost.

So when I’m asked if I can do something, I always say ‘yeah, I can do that’.

And when they say ‘don’t you need to go and reflect on what will be needed, and whether the objectives are achievable?’ I just reply with ‘hey, it’ll be done’

And when they add ‘..by the end of March?’ I just go ‘yeah, sure, whenever’

And when they ask ‘don’t you want to make a note of the deliverables and due date etc?’ I just say ‘no, I don’t sweat the small stuff’

At that point they know they’re in safe hands.

But that’s not to say everything always goes smoothly.

When you lay yourself on the line it’s not a bed of roses on the line that you’re laying on – it’s, like, a line thing, which is hard. Like a hard line.

So, yeah, projects screw up from time to time – I mean, who hasn’t lost all their data at one time or another, or had an entire website just disappear without trace?

But if you’re totally committed, and you feel that commitment in every fibre of the natural-fibre duvet that you’re using when you lay yourself on the line whatever the cost, then you can get those screw-ups down to below the 50% mark.

And that’s not a bad average, really. I mean this stuff’s difficult.