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Originally Posted by Love  It brings up a question that was first posed to me my last year of college. A bunch of students and I were meeting with a group of people involved with non-profits for some info about the non-profit world. I remember this old guy, who looked at us intently, and asked us why take the non-profit help route instead of going the money first--help second route. He had taken the non-profit route but told us that if we didn't examine both of the paths, then we would be entering in the world without a clear picture of what you were trying to accomplish and how you would do it.
I think it comes down to personal preference, and that one of those preferences may be speed. |
It may seem to be the case--I can't be sure either way, at least, not yet--but from what I can see, it seems there are some objective "best routes" out there. There's a lot of room to move in within those routes, but they're defined routes nonetheless.
I think Steve's approach falls within that area.
The deciding factor is the pre-established systems that Steve has to work with. Sure, Steve could probably get something ideal going if he had the opportunity, but for the most part, it's probably easiest to work within the existing systems. This means that he's also bound by the (mostly silly) constraints of these systems, but it's less work to go this route, which is good because you can spend more time making an impact rather than doing something about the non-ideal systems. It's about the point of highest leverage.
I think Steve inherently understands that life is indeed a limited resource, so it's best to make best use of it as much as you possibly can *now*, so when you do run out of life, you did the best you could with what you had.
It may be preference for some, but at least with Steve, I think it comes down more to efficiency and how best to serve his mission. Now I could talk lots about how Steve seems to be able to serve his mission darn well and behind it all, him serving his mission might be a preference thing overall (it has to do with talents, and lots of up-front work setting up the right systems), but that's another topic and I digress.