Pet Projects

I registered today for taking the GMAT in August (08/08 to be precise). And now suddenly all that interest in solving the quant questions, cracking the RCs has disappeared. I was pouring through them 24-7 from various websites until yesterday. What happened? Well, now it's become a committment. Whether I like it or not, I'll have to be prepared to take the exam on a certain date (unless I feel rich enough to reschedule/cancel, which I don't). That has sort of awakened the rebel in me and wants me not want to do it with the same fervor and vigour that was there before.

I think this sort of difference in attitude/approach towards stuff that you do at your leisure and stuff that you have to do within a certain deadline is universal. And Google seems to have understood it better than any other corporation.

Check out this blog entry. It talks about the Google's 70-20-10 policy. Yeah, apparently Google encourages employees to spend 10% of their time working on stuff - pet projects that may or may not pan out, may or may not be useful, but that are sure fun to play around with. There is no doubt in my mind that this is a simply brilliant strategy. Recipe for success, I might add!