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61: Submission and Conquest

December 28, 2007 @ The Tao of Project Management from P M Blogger

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Fortunately we had a quiet Christmas planned as I have been stricken with a nasty cough and what feels like flu. Hopefully I should be OK again by the end of next week as I start a new job (three year contract) at the University of Exeter the following week. It will be strange to be working for someone else again after ten years working for myself, but I’m quite looking forward to it and after three years I should be ready to retire.

Just a short chapter from me this week as I think there is little I can add to what Lao Tsu has to say.

Even a great project manager should not believe that they are above the team. Rather they are the servant of the team and should be prepared to give way to the wishes of the team. This way the team will become great and so will the project manager. The wise project manager understands this for this is the way of the project manager.

The Tao
Lao Tsu tells us:

A great country is like a low land.
It is the meeting ground of the universe,
The mother of the universe.

The female overcomes the male with stillness,
Lying low in stillness.

Therefore if a great country gives way to a smaller country,
It will conquer the smaller country.
And if a small country submits to a great country,
It can conquer the great country.
Therefore those that would conquer must yield,
And those who conquer do so because they yield.

A great nation needs more people;
A small country needs to serve.
Each gets what it wants.
It is fitting for a great nation to yield.

This article is syndicated from The Tao of Project Management . The original article is available here. Read more in Project Management News .

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