http://www.lifebeyondcode.com/2005/03/28/ways-to-distinguish-yourself-14-think-long-term/ Personal and professional development for technology professionals. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:10:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1-alpha-10188 hourly 1 http://www.lifebeyondcode.com/2005/03/28/ways-to-distinguish-yourself-14-think-long-term/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Anonymous Mon, 11 Apr 2005 06:41:00 +0000 http://www.blog.lifebeyondcode.com/2005/03/28/ways-to-distinguish-yourself-14-think-long-term/#comment-65 Ram: Thanks for sharing interesting perspective. Ram: Thanks for sharing interesting perspective.

]]> http://www.lifebeyondcode.com/2005/03/28/ways-to-distinguish-yourself-14-think-long-term/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Anonymous Mon, 04 Apr 2005 14:06:00 +0000 http://www.blog.lifebeyondcode.com/2005/03/28/ways-to-distinguish-yourself-14-think-long-term/#comment-64 Ravi, This is where 'prioritising' comes into play. In the excellent example you have provided, surviving in the long run is the 'approach' - one of the desired long-term goals for any company. With that in mind, cutting the R&D budget in the short run is more of an action with the long-term survival in mind. 'Think Big, Act Local' springs to mind. Instead of day-dreaming about a rosy future, doing the right thing at the moment so as to enable our long-term goals to unfold is not called a 'short-term approach' or short-sightedness. It is a step, a right step in a long journey. A journey is comprised of so many steps, each enacted in that 'short-term' moment. Any long term approaches or goals, have to realised in terms of short-term actions. with regards, -Ram Rathakrishnan Ravi,
This is where ‘prioritising’ comes into play. In the excellent example you have provided, surviving in the long run is the ‘approach’ - one of the desired long-term goals for any company. With that in mind, cutting the R&D budget in the short run is more of an action with the long-term survival in mind. ‘Think Big, Act Local’ springs to mind.
Instead of day-dreaming about a rosy future, doing the right thing at the moment so as to enable our long-term goals to unfold is not called a ’short-term approach’ or short-sightedness. It is a step, a right step in a long journey. A journey is comprised of so many steps, each enacted in that ’short-term’ moment.
Any long term approaches or goals, have to realised in terms of short-term actions.
with regards,
-Ram Rathakrishnan

]]> http://www.lifebeyondcode.com/2005/03/28/ways-to-distinguish-yourself-14-think-long-term/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Anonymous Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:55:00 +0000 http://www.blog.lifebeyondcode.com/2005/03/28/ways-to-distinguish-yourself-14-think-long-term/#comment-63 Good point Ravi. Short term approach is not bad in any sense but what we do now has to have some relevance and alignment with what is our purpose in the long term. Sometimes, we get so busy and lose that connection. We just have to watch out for that. Good point Ravi. Short term approach is not bad in any sense but what we do now has to have some relevance and alignment with what is our purpose in the long term. Sometimes, we get so busy and lose that connection. We just have to watch out for that.

]]> http://www.lifebeyondcode.com/2005/03/28/ways-to-distinguish-yourself-14-think-long-term/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Anonymous Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:05:00 +0000 http://www.blog.lifebeyondcode.com/2005/03/28/ways-to-distinguish-yourself-14-think-long-term/#comment-62 My question is why do we typify short term approach as bad? During the economic slump of the recent past, companies cut R&D costs in the short run to survive but when the economy started showing signs of recovery they again ploughed back more money to the R&D. Thx. Ravi My question is why do we typify short term approach as bad? During the economic slump of the recent past, companies cut R&D costs in the short run to survive but when the economy started showing signs of recovery they again ploughed back more money to the R&D.
Thx.
Ravi

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