Real Life Examples
1. I learned that there is always room for improvement.
Scientists that research and develop new drugs always have ways to improve medicine. If scientists created a drug that regulated blood flow properly, but it had many irritating side effects, then there is room to improve. Even if they somehow manage to remove all side effects, they could still enhance the regulating functions of the medicine. Even if they enhanced the regulating functions of the medicine to its capacity, they could still make it more compact. If they made it compact, they could research new chemicals that reduced the cost of making it. Even when something seems perfect, there are still ways to improve it.
2. I learned that communication early on is key to finishing on time.
If a group of paleontologists are tasked with unearthing all the fossils of a large dinosaur in 1 month, they have options as to how to go about this. They could all work independently, rarely communicating and possibly make a mistake that would cause them to have to start over and surpass the deadline. They could jump right into work and only towards the end start to communicate and end up being slightly late. Or they could have good communication with each other from the start, collaborate well, and finish the excavation before the deadline.
3. I learned that information does not just come to you; you have to go out and get it yourself.
If a statistics researcher for the surveying department of a pharmaceutical company wanted the latest statistics on customer satisfaction, people wouldn't come pouring into her office telling their opinions. Instead, the statistics researcher takes a personal initiative to gather the data herself. She starts an online survey in the form of pop-up surveys, and then she starts a telephone campaign to collect information from people. She ends up with a sufficient amount of data and reports it the company office successfully, in part to going out and getting information herself.
Scientists that research and develop new drugs always have ways to improve medicine. If scientists created a drug that regulated blood flow properly, but it had many irritating side effects, then there is room to improve. Even if they somehow manage to remove all side effects, they could still enhance the regulating functions of the medicine. Even if they enhanced the regulating functions of the medicine to its capacity, they could still make it more compact. If they made it compact, they could research new chemicals that reduced the cost of making it. Even when something seems perfect, there are still ways to improve it.
2. I learned that communication early on is key to finishing on time.
If a group of paleontologists are tasked with unearthing all the fossils of a large dinosaur in 1 month, they have options as to how to go about this. They could all work independently, rarely communicating and possibly make a mistake that would cause them to have to start over and surpass the deadline. They could jump right into work and only towards the end start to communicate and end up being slightly late. Or they could have good communication with each other from the start, collaborate well, and finish the excavation before the deadline.
3. I learned that information does not just come to you; you have to go out and get it yourself.
If a statistics researcher for the surveying department of a pharmaceutical company wanted the latest statistics on customer satisfaction, people wouldn't come pouring into her office telling their opinions. Instead, the statistics researcher takes a personal initiative to gather the data herself. She starts an online survey in the form of pop-up surveys, and then she starts a telephone campaign to collect information from people. She ends up with a sufficient amount of data and reports it the company office successfully, in part to going out and getting information herself.