Category: Prompt

Over a decade ago: At my last place of employment we had training seminars fairly regularly, some more valuable and productive than others. One of them stands out specifically, it was called “closing the loop”. I remember my team members and myself being annoyed because we had so much work piling up at the time, that we really ‘did not need’ a three day seminar to put us even further behind with regard to our already existing workload. And it wasn’t until years later, that I truly understood the importance and benefits of this job training…
Present day: How often in everyday life do you find yourself thinking “well that wasn’t thought through to the end”, or something similar? It begins on the personal level. You don’t want to know, how many times I get cross with myself, or my mom for that matter, because we started doing something, without thinking it through to the end first [closing the loop]. While the task or project is in progress, I discover that what I planned on doing won’t work out the way I thought it would.
Take that thought process to the next level. Our ‘detached-from-reality-politicians’ make plans and decisions, that have negative effects on many people. Regrettably, most often those affected people are the ones who struggle for one or more reasons to begin with, and don’t have the means most well-to-do politicians have. Because the thought-loop is not being closed, all too often we find ourselves in unpleasant, challenging circumstances, that may have been avoided.
In closing: What bothers me increasingly is, that decisions, ideas, laws, new processes, etc. are not carefully enough evaluated and thought through to the end. I am thankful, to have had that “closing the loop” job training. Every day, in all different aspects of life, I notice time and again how important, time saving and valuable it is to think things through to the end before [potentially] making avoidable mistakes, that may have negative effects and consequences not only for ourselves, but more importantly for other people.