Colin Doncaster » observations http://www.colindoncaster.com Visual Effects, Photography and Research Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:21:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Thrive on perception… http://www.colindoncaster.com/2008/09/thrive-on-perception/ http://www.colindoncaster.com/2008/09/thrive-on-perception/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:52:00 +0000 colin http://www.colindoncaster.com/blog/2008/09/thrive-on-perception/ A word of advice to those who are managers, bosses and decision makers – be aware of the effects your decisions make on those that matter most to your company, your employees.  It seems like a very obvious statement, but all too often I’m witnessing burn out and disillusionment due to the way shit rolls down hill.
If you want to build a company that thrives with those that will fight to the death for you, give them a good reason to want too.  It’s not just about the projects, or the the paychecks and barbecues on the deck – these are all efforts towards seducing happiness, but ultimately it’s your actions and employees perception of those who make the call.
]]> http://www.colindoncaster.com/2008/09/thrive-on-perception/feed/ 0 Too accepting? http://www.colindoncaster.com/2008/05/too-accepting/ http://www.colindoncaster.com/2008/05/too-accepting/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 08:49:00 +0000 colin http://www.colindoncaster.com/blog/2008/05/too-accepting/ I’ve been thinking about many things lately, one of them has been about acceptance. More often than not I feel that there are situations where you might say to yourself “well, that’s the way it is” and go about your business accepting what’s happened while deep down inside there is a primal voice screaming at you to stop being so damn complacent!

Various discussions with others reveals that this is not uncommon and part of the problem is that there is no other option than to accept what has happened when, in fact, digging deeper there are! Social red tape is what prevents us from acting on our initial instinct.

We, socially, must agree to accept the grey area as standard and our views must inevitably reflect those of our social surrounding. We learn to follow law, religion, house rules and now the social implication of possibly, maybe, offending someone for a split moment leads to more time being wasted ‘pussy footing‘ around the delicacies of our culture.

We have become a culture of ‘push overs‘.

What if, for once, you decided to head down the other road and question something that doesn’t seem right? This doesn’t mean you need to know the answer, or even force a new solution on the social body, it only means that you get to exercise your freedom to dig deep and respond to those primal pangs. It’s instinct, and learning to listen to it.

Being aware and allowing yourself to be comfortable with an outcome leads to increased productivity and personally ( selfishly? ) feels self fulfilling.

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