Comments on: The Five Lessons of the Eraser http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/setting-goals/success/the-five-lessons-of-the-eraser/ Insights on leadership and learning by Kevin Eikenberry Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:16:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Leadership Development Carnival – Anniversary Edition — hr bartender http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/setting-goals/success/the-five-lessons-of-the-eraser/comment-page-1/#comment-464 Leadership Development Carnival – Anniversary Edition — hr bartender Sun, 04 Apr 2010 08:07:04 +0000 http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/?p=1440#comment-464 [...] Eikenberry shares The Five Lessons of the Eraser at Leadership & Learning [...] [...] Eikenberry shares The Five Lessons of the Eraser at Leadership & Learning [...]

]]> By: Qamar Mehdi http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/setting-goals/success/the-five-lessons-of-the-eraser/comment-page-1/#comment-460 Qamar Mehdi Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:12:01 +0000 http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/?p=1440#comment-460 Dear Kevin, After reading you for years, I feel- You are like Prophet - Always having faith in Humans and their potential performance to deliver the Best and guiding for increasing the performance. Thanks for all you write and speak. Regards Dear Kevin,

After reading you for years, I feel- You are like Prophet – Always having faith in Humans and their potential performance to deliver the Best and guiding for increasing the performance.

Thanks for all you write and speak.

Regards

]]> By: Nadia Furqan http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/setting-goals/success/the-five-lessons-of-the-eraser/comment-page-1/#comment-451 Nadia Furqan Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:32:04 +0000 http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/?p=1440#comment-451 Nice article. Yes, with an eraser there are chances to improve, mistakes can be rectified. I hope - this does not let people to believe that, we can correct mistakes - lets not work hard. I would say - give it your best and if its not good enough - we would know that we have an eraser to help us. What about the situations when its too late to make amendments? Nadia Nice article.
Yes, with an eraser there are chances to improve, mistakes can be rectified. I hope – this does not let people to believe that, we can correct mistakes – lets not work hard.
I would say – give it your best and if its not good enough – we would know that we have an eraser to help us.

What about the situations when its too late to make amendments?

Nadia

]]> By: Rich Curtin http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/setting-goals/success/the-five-lessons-of-the-eraser/comment-page-1/#comment-450 Rich Curtin Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:45:28 +0000 http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/?p=1440#comment-450 Hi Kevin, There is a frankness about your writing style that is impressive and uplifting. Your feelings about Spring were right on!!! ! Thank You. Your writing style sometimes makes the reader feel as if you are in the room with them. Also, great lesson on erasers.. Thank you again Hi Kevin,
There is a frankness about your writing style that is impressive and uplifting.
Your feelings about Spring were right on!!! ! Thank You. Your writing style sometimes makes the reader feel as if you are in the room with them.

Also, great lesson on erasers.. Thank you again

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]]> By: Kevin Eikenberry http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/setting-goals/success/the-five-lessons-of-the-eraser/comment-page-1/#comment-448 Kevin Eikenberry Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:45:31 +0000 http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/?p=1440#comment-448 Thanks for the feedback Phil. Of course there are tasks where a pencil isn't appropriate, and your ceck example is probably yhe best of these. As fr your first point, my observation would be that just because we have an eraser (or any other tool) doesn't compel us to use it. In a creative enedeavor you are right - we might not want to erase the first draft (even though you will create drafts 2, 3 or more). I chose my word for lesson 4 carefully. An erasers *invites* to edit, it doesn't make us edit. Thanks so much for the thoughts. I hope this clarifies mine! Kevin :) Thanks for the feedback Phil. Of course there are tasks where a pencil isn’t appropriate, and your ceck example is probably yhe best of these.

As fr your first point, my observation would be that just because we have an eraser (or any other tool) doesn’t compel us to use it. In a creative enedeavor you are right – we might not want to erase the first draft (even though you will create drafts 2, 3 or more).

I chose my word for lesson 4 carefully. An erasers *invites* to edit, it doesn’t make us edit.

Thanks so much for the thoughts. I hope this clarifies mine!

Kevin :)

]]> By: phil http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/setting-goals/success/the-five-lessons-of-the-eraser/comment-page-1/#comment-447 phil Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:26:18 +0000 http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/?p=1440#comment-447 The intention is admirable, but when one is creative, the pencil can be a liability. I'm not trying to detract from the overall philosophy of the article, but there are real-world considerations for writing things. Have you ever written something down, realized it's (apparently) not up to snuff, you erase it, write over it, only to wish you'd still had the material you erased? This can be any time after that "immediate" situation. You take a shower, go out & play soccer as a break from something, sit in a class/seminar, have the "eureka!" moment, run back to your work to find...your solution to world peace. And it is....gone. Would you hand someone a check written (endorsed in pencil)? Erase the amount and you still have the endorsement. The intention is admirable, but when one is creative, the pencil can be a liability.

I’m not trying to detract from the overall philosophy of the article, but there are real-world considerations for writing things.

Have you ever written something down, realized it’s (apparently) not up to snuff, you erase it, write over it, only to wish you’d still had the material you erased? This can be any time after that “immediate” situation. You take a shower, go out & play soccer as a break from something, sit in a class/seminar, have the “eureka!” moment, run back to your work to find…your solution to world peace. And it is….gone.

Would you hand someone a check written (endorsed in pencil)? Erase the amount and you still have the endorsement.

]]> By: Steve Williams http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/setting-goals/success/the-five-lessons-of-the-eraser/comment-page-1/#comment-446 Steve Williams Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:08:29 +0000 http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/?p=1440#comment-446 Great list. I took a drawing class last year and learned that an eraser can be a real, positive and creative tool: An eraser can blend and smooth and actually create new work out of static lines. An eraser can remove clutter and clarify what is left. Great list. I took a drawing class last year and learned that an eraser can be a real, positive and creative tool:
An eraser can blend and smooth and actually create new work out of static lines.
An eraser can remove clutter and clarify what is left.

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