{"id":1946,"date":"2020-08-24T09:02:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T09:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/?p=1946"},"modified":"2022-08-22T11:31:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T11:31:57","slug":"look-at-lifes-constraints-sportingly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/all\/work-and-life\/look-at-lifes-constraints-sportingly\/","title":{"rendered":"Look at Life\u2019s \u2018Constraints\u2019 sportingly!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Look-at-Life\u2019s-\u2018Constraints\u2019-sportingly-01.jpg\" alt=\"Look at Life\u2019s \u2018Constraints\u2019 sportingly!\" title=\"Look at Life\u2019s \u2018Constraints\u2019 sportingly!\" class=\"wp-image-1947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Look-at-Life\u2019s-\u2018Constraints\u2019-sportingly-01.jpg 697w, https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Look-at-Life\u2019s-\u2018Constraints\u2019-sportingly-01-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A brilliant management philosophy was expounded\nby Eliyahu Goldratt, in his bestseller book \u2018The Goal\u2019 in the year 1984. He\nlucidly explains the \u2018Theory of Constraints\u2019 by weaving a story about a\nprofessor and his student, who is grappling to make his factory prosper amidst\na set of constraints. He hammers all the technical aspects of optimization\nwithin the given constraints with ease and his work serves as a hand book for\nimproving the efficiencies in all types of industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Look-at-Life\u2019s-\u2018Constraints\u2019-sportingly-02.jpg\" alt=\"Look at Life\u2019s \u2018Constraints\u2019 sportingly!\" title=\"Look at Life\u2019s \u2018Constraints\u2019 sportingly!\" class=\"wp-image-1948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Look-at-Life\u2019s-\u2018Constraints\u2019-sportingly-02.jpg 697w, https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Look-at-Life\u2019s-\u2018Constraints\u2019-sportingly-02-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Constraint\u2019 is anything that prevents a system from achieving its goal. The system could be a company, department, team or individual, pursuing goals in professional and personal lives. It can be external to the system or internal within a system. Let us pick up the example of Tennis as a sport. The players have to sweat it out and excel in their performance within a set of external and internal constraints. The rules, regulations, code of ethics, uncertainties in the decision making of the referees, crowd\u2019s applause, noise levels, ambient temperature, lighting conditions and so on constitutes the external constraints. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The player\u2019s stamina, shot selection, eyesight,\nconcentration levels, physical fitness and so on represent the constraints of\nthe internal variety. Champions always having a way of accepting these\nconstraints and optimizing their performance, by governing the constraints on a\nreal time basis. That is the hallmark of true champions, who make the sport\nlook so easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The above analogy is applicable to us also, as\nwe keep playing many roles in our professional and personal lives to achieve\nour goals. In professional projects, we are always working within the\nconstraints of time, resources and employee strength. But, in the thick of\nthings, sometimes, we get so lost in the process, that we totally forget that\nlife is after all, a sport with a unique set of external and internal\nconstraints. We tend to get distracted by these constraints so much, that we\nstart working towards eliminating them, instead of focusing on our skills to\nplay within them. In that sense, Constraints can also be termed as \u2018Necessary\nevil\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The need of the hour is to excel in the\nultimate sport called \u2018Life\u2019 and make living look so easy like true champions.\nLet us identify, accept our constraints and innovatively optimize our efforts\nwithin those constraints, sportingly. Never get into the mode of eliminating\nthe constraints, which is next to impossible.<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A brilliant management philosophy was expounded by Eliyahu Goldratt, in his bestseller book \u2018The Goal\u2019 in the year 1984. He lucidly explains the \u2018Theory of Constraints\u2019 by weaving a story about a professor and his student, who is grappling to make his factory prosper amidst a set of constraints. 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