1,496
edits
User:Martind: Difference between revisions
From London Hackspace Wiki
→Making Change
| Line 30: | Line 30: | ||
=== Making Change === | === Making Change === | ||
* Good work usually makes more change happen than good opinion. | * Good work usually makes more change happen than good opinion. You don't solve a problem by throwing demands at it, especially if you then have no intention to participate in the work. | ||
** See also: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson's_law_of_triviality bikeshedding] | |||
* You will likely be more successful by handing the problem over to a group of people who get along well and then letting them take charge. Accept that if you don't show up and contribute then it'll be hard for you to influence the outcome. | |||
* Making change is hard: it involves lots of initiative, and the patience to try again until you find the right way to make it work. It may entail having to change the habits of many people who have no reason to listen to you. This is by design. (And yes, it's not always good.) | * Making change is hard: it involves lots of initiative, and the patience to try again until you find the right way to make it work. It may entail having to change the habits of many people who have no reason to listen to you. This is by design. (And yes, it's not always good.) | ||
