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Re: [OM] There is always a solution to every problem - off topic

Subject: Re: [OM] There is always a solution to every problem - off topic
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 06:21:45 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
>
>I had asked for something, as a planner, that had no obvious solution. In
>an ideal world, the upgrade would have been done in parallel, but we had no
>such luxury. The engineers basically told me to do something to myself that
>would have technically been as impossible.
>
>So, I came up with an idea of how to do it (not their suggestion which
>would have involved dislocated body parts) and whiteboarded it out when the
>lightbulb went "ding" and I realized that this plan was backwards. I
>reversed the drawing and everything fell into place.
>
>As I described this to my boss about an hour ago, he asked "soooo, this
>wasn't OBVIOUS to you before?"
>
>It's not that the solution is simple, but it is elegant. And the way to
>describe it made it appear to be THE obvious solution. Grrr.
>

     A typical response from those who want to diminish your accomplishments 
and make themselves appear to be superior.

Chris
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