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November 19, 2004

Defining the Finish Line

At the Rockies Venture Club talk this week I got a great question from one of the audience. Pondering Dragraces and such, Nigel asked me the marvelous question, "How do you define the finish line?"

In business, as in life, it is great to set goals and to celebrate when you pass a goal line. But despite what we say about dragraces, is there really a "finish" line, where you are done. I certainly hope not. In business as in life, it seems to me that if you ever really think you're finished then you are stagnant, in for trouble. I don't want to be done until I'm dead, and even then???

Which leads to this week's first quote from one of my favorite poets:

"and death i think is no parenthesis"
- e. e. cummings

And (as another event commenter pointed out) for those who might not be quite as goal/dialectic motivated here's another more Taoist quote that makes a similar point about not believing in the end point as the point:

"There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way"
- Wayne Dyer

(wow, marketing as philosophy, must be getting tired or old or both)

Posted by johnza at November 19, 2004 09:00 PM

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