I dribbled a basketball for the first time in a month yesterday. Yeah I was out of shape and just starting my conditioning again, but it didn’t matter. All that I cared about was that I was able to run around on the hardwood without worries or restrictions. The last time I was able to do that, I had to have surgery later that night.
I was recently reading an article, The Role of Engineers: Designing Society, written by Angelene McDaniel and it definitely caught my interest. It deals primarily with how the engineer ‘shapes’ society. The article argues that engineers design systems, but those systems actually design society as we know it. Just as the engineer accounts for the various conditions his design must endure, he must account for the various societal conditions his design will create.
This is not an opus on micromanagement. Everyone knows that micromanaging is an unequivocally bad habit. This, rather, is on locus of control. More specifically, optimizing your internal locus of control while not being overrun by the external locus of control.
This is my first real attempt at a high-frequency, analytical blog after seeing the examples of some friends and having several people pushing me to publish my thoughts. I realized that my passions in business and sports could be connected. A lot of my writing will look to meld the two straits. Some of the posts here will be of the longer variety, some of the shorter, but I hope all will be crisp and insightful. I’ll look to post the heavy material once a week, and during the week, some shorter snapshots that may come up.
I’ve got to thank Tory Gattis for helping me launch this project (because at the end of the day, this is a project). Be sure to visit his blog, HoustonStrategies, for great discussions into the social systems of Houston. If you enjoy sports, or care about business and entrepreneurship, this should be a great site for you. And if it isn’t, then I’m not doing something right. So do let me know your feedback, and I can work towards creating a better experience.
As a preview, here are some topics to expect in the coming weeks:
Everybody likes to offer their two cents. But here, I’m offering my three Senths. Welcome!
-Senthil
My Three Senths: Sports. Business. Life. 