One of my clients is always telling me that I work too much and always comes up with example to illustrate the fact that I don't need to work so hard. This example was specifically to illustrate that everyone is replaceable and that one person does not hold everything together. He called it the water test. Place your finger in a glass of water. Then pull you finger out. What happens to the water? Does a hole remain where your finger was? Of course not. Everything else adjusts to fill you place. It isn't exactly how it was before but the glass of water doesn't suddenly self-destruct. It can get along with out you just like your job can.
Posted by Jeff at May 23, 2003 03:35 PM