http://tao-of-it.com/2009/04/20/rule-of-3-in-action/ Helping IT Leaders Optimize, Align and Grow Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:09:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://tao-of-it.com/2009/04/20/rule-of-3-in-action/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Ralph Thu, 21 May 2009 16:51:36 +0000 http://cioassistant.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-17 Is it fair to say that the rule of three is based on an emperical principle of simplification? Paring down all the things you are considering into three buckets makes it possible to make decisions. Is it possible that we are just wired to work on threes? I haven't consiously operated using the rule of three. It seems like a reasonable principle to simplify and organize complexity. But I also wonder if it is not also that this is the way our brains are wired to manage things. We have a great deal of knowledge about the human body and we use that information for training it to excel but we don'w seem to know very much at all about the human mind and how it works. It is truly as amazing as the body and high underappreciated. Is it fair to say that the rule of three is based on an emperical principle of simplification? Paring down all the things you are considering into three buckets makes it possible to make decisions.
Is it possible that we are just wired to work on threes?
I haven’t consiously operated using the rule of three. It seems like a reasonable principle to simplify and organize complexity. But I also wonder if it is not also that this is the way our brains are wired to manage things.
We have a great deal of knowledge about the human body and we use that information for training it to excel but we don’w seem to know very much at all about the human mind and how it works.
It is truly as amazing as the body and high underappreciated.

]]> http://tao-of-it.com/2009/04/20/rule-of-3-in-action/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Steve Crenshaw Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:01:59 +0000 http://cioassistant.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-16 Great post I have applied the rule to my day (3x8hours) and to my life as pointed out in the first part of the post. I have not looked at inter office and outer office in that respect. In the office we need to realize who we are spending our time with and spend it with people that are going to be the biggest influence in our career. Out of the office the customer is king but watch for difficult customers that demand much and pay little. Great post I have applied the rule to my day (3×8hours) and to my life as pointed out in the first part of the post. I have not looked at inter office and outer office in that respect. In the office we need to realize who we are spending our time with and spend it with people that are going to be the biggest influence in our career. Out of the office the customer is king but watch for difficult customers that demand much and pay little.

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