Comments on: How to let go: a lesson from NASA http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/how-to-let-go-a-lesson-from-nasa/ Management and Creative Thinking Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:19:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andreas Scherer http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/how-to-let-go-a-lesson-from-nasa/comment-page-1/#comment-544279 Andreas Scherer Tue, 12 May 2009 21:51:28 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/?p=1990#comment-544279 I'm currently considering to let go of my two-year-old recumbent bike. Although I've had superb fun riding it for more than 16.000km from the Baltic Sea to Munich and back to Berlin, meeting terrific people, and improving my physical fitness, more often than not I clash with dogs and their owners, car drivers and pedestrians, and sharp objects (aka 'glass') on the road that provide ample reasons for fear and anger. Abandoning the recumbent bike would free dozens if not hundreds of hours per year that might or might not be used for cross-country hiking (some kind of 'downgrade') or even for professional activities (maybe some kind of 'upgrade'). Maybe I'll have to toss a coin to decide on this matter. I’m currently considering to let go of my two-year-old recumbent bike. Although I’ve had superb fun riding it for more than 16.000km from the Baltic Sea to Munich and back to Berlin, meeting terrific people, and improving my physical fitness, more often than not I clash with dogs and their owners, car drivers and pedestrians, and sharp objects (aka ‘glass’) on the road that provide ample reasons for fear and anger.

Abandoning the recumbent bike would free dozens if not hundreds of hours per year that might or might not be used for cross-country hiking (some kind of ‘downgrade’) or even for professional activities (maybe some kind of ‘upgrade’).

Maybe I’ll have to toss a coin to decide on this matter.

]]> By: Jason Robb http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/how-to-let-go-a-lesson-from-nasa/comment-page-1/#comment-544217 Jason Robb Tue, 12 May 2009 16:41:00 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/?p=1990#comment-544217 What will I give up? Pants. Definitely pants. But seriously, that is great that they can acknowledge the truth that they can't sustain old technology if they want to make new stuff. Good lesson. Thanks, Scott! What will I give up? Pants. Definitely pants.

But seriously, that is great that they can acknowledge the truth that they can’t sustain old technology if they want to make new stuff. Good lesson. Thanks, Scott!

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