Alex Ledante
Not coin nor crown can halt time’s flight
nor stay the armies of the night
King and beggar, lad and lass-
all answer to the hourglass…
You might think that I am simply generating artwork in a random fashion, and any outside observer would probably reach the same conclusion but there is a method to my madness. While I would prefer to simply work on whatever notion catches my fancy, it behooves me to work on such things that are trending. In this way, my work might capture the widest audience and I might gain new clients. But even though I have trained to work swiftly, I can hardly respond to each new trend as they happen
How can I possibly be ahead of the game? The simple answer is that I can’t but I can anticipate trends and try to be ready for them beforehand
Most of my life I was a very unorganized guy, but that changed once I started working at Symantec. Everything I never wanted to know about scheduling I learned from Reese Anschultz. I learned time management reluctantly, and only because it was my job but I did it to the best of my ability because it was critical. Still I resented the time it took away from what I considered to be my more important tasks, even after I saw the positive impact that a well managed schedule had on my team
Amusingly enough, time management turned out to be one of the most useful skills I was trained in, and I use it every day. If anything, I wish I had pushed Reese to train me in risk management
This isn’t a fairytale but if it were, the moral would be to pay close attention to any task that you are being trained at in your vocation, because you never know which ones will benefit you in the future…
Unfortunately, one simply cannot schedule innovation. The best that you can hope for is to estimate based upon similar efforts or just pray to very fickle gods for a similar outcome
I told you that Reese never taught me much about risk management (and it only now occurs to me that I could just simply read up on it on my own) so I have just learned how to hedge my bets. While this is an entirely viable technique, it may not be the best way to go about it. That having been said, it is hardly possible to devise a more optimal approach without foreknowledge
All this having been said, you might still wonder if my order of operation is truly efficient. Well you are probably correct; since I have no way of knowing the outcome of any given experiment, I can only weight them by assumed probability of success and even then I routinely sabotage that by going after the sexiest concept
If you can get away with it, that’s great. I need more control over my workflow
If you want to work efficiently, you need to be organized and scheduled. If that isn’t important to you, work however you’d like
I have always had a plan ahead of time and tried my best to stick with it.
I have found that to be a better way to go, but didn’t get there until much later in life…
The main thing is you got there.
Better late than never, eh?
Absolutely, I have said it many times.
It depends .. too rigid isn’t good too
but my idea of scheduling maybe a little different from others lol
this word just annoys me oops
if you don’t have a plan, you tend to wander around and be inefficient. but if your plan is too rigid and unrealistic, it is also useless…
THat’s so true…
I guess there is always a balance
you want enough structure to keep you on track, but not so much it is restricting your options…
How time fades like sands thru the hour glass…”these are the days of our lives” lol
only you don’t get to flip it over again
We have to do our best to make that one shot count. If we miss then we have the assurance that another opportunity will present itself elsewhere. We just have to learn to let go of any old loss. A lost opportunity is a lesson learned.
I think you like horror but also the comedy.
I practice time management and have shared the subject in many training but over the last ten years have only applied it under certain conditions, the rest, I respond to everything that comes with intuition and choice. It’s such a combination of horror and comedy for fun.
it is a comedy or tragedy depending on your ROI
Well, of course, after also calculating and considering the risks.
I am not that good at risk management, outside of high volume contingencies…
Well, I just include that aspect as you mentioned above. The time is getting smaller for you to push Reese to train you.
use of very nice pictures
I tried to come up with archaic measurements of time
Your ideas are always very original Alex. I like this guideline.
Not really my ideas, I adapted them from what I learned at my last job
I like the advice that you shared on this post.
I hope it is useful to other members as well
I am sure we all learned something by your blogs on this site.
mostly color theory, though…
I get it now. Thanks.
Sometimes we have to just suck it up and go with the flow.
I don’t like to be reactive- I prefer to have a plan and follow it. Not always possible, but it is my goal…