Tag: tools

Tools are used as function of a task. They handle a series of jobs, and as designed,  experts at them. They can also do other things, just not as well – hammers are great at nailing in boards, terrible as an exercise weight, and ok at killing people (not great at distance but pretty good when you close 🙂 ).

The job of a tool isn’t to understand context or to make connections, it is to go up there and do the job well, and the best of its abilities. The human tools internal fight comes from self-doubt. It is about showing up and letting your work improve you. There is nothing more powerful than a well-worn tool that is kept up. The right tool implemented in the right way, can change the world.

Craftsman design for the job. They are there to create the connection to the work and to decide the context of the tools that complete the job. They need competency with a lot of tools, because understanding them is the only way to get the work done proficiently.

Craftsmen have to fight ego. If they try to do what the tool does, they are not doing the tool service, and they are slowing up everyone involved. They aren’t going to change the world, her  job is to put the tools in place to change it.  Understand that, and you can work wonders.

The great thing about being human is we are both.  We can allow context to decide which one is the best for us. Simply, we have both the power to change the world and help someone to do the same.I think that is powerful. Both craftsman and tools are crucial to understanding and developing the world around us.