shockley, very astute of you. I have not heard of this Goldberg fellow,
so I read his bio on the net.

His observation is the same in nature as my long running concept of
"Harder, Sooner Vs. Easier, Faster". For example, my boss will give me a
task, I'll suggest writing a procedure that will take 4 hours, but will
minimize the actual task-time to under five minutes; but he wants it in
an hour. So, I work harder to get it done sooner instead of writing the
routine (easier) which will result in regular efficiency (faster) in the
future. Thus we tend to expend great amounts of effort to achive the
simplest of results.

It's also the same principle as expending the lesser cost up-front to
meet the immediate need instead of expending a greater cost up-front to
regularly meet the need, which will result in a lesser cost in the long
run.

It's all based on impatience - we want it NOW!

Sorry for the mini-lecture. I love talking about this stuff (if you
couldn't tell). <grin
Nice conversing with you, shockley.
Trent Argante


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