Tell it like it is

I loathe "lazy thinking". I mean, I could do that, be lazy to think and con people if I want to. But I was not raised that way and my religion did not teach me to sit on my laurels and let the world pass me by. Mind you, lazy thinkers could still be making lots of money and be way ahead of me in terms of earning and influence. But lazy thinkers would destroy the world if you let them run it. They are in for the short term gain, for quick glory and they would encourage mediocrity to reign supreme and allow for rehashing of old ideas and do not encourage new ideas to flourish.

 I have to say that I really admire Rafael Benitez. See link. Every journalist would either be emotional and self-serving when they recounted England's fate at losing in the quarter-finals of Euro 2012 yet again. See Lawton's piece and Wallace's piece for evidence of emotional writing. Then compare all three. I really like Joe Pepper's piece on Roy Hodgson posted by Chris Rowland in The Tomkin's Times. I don't know if you can open it here without subscription. Sorry about that.

All in all, it says it! The FA of England do not know what to do, fired Capello and appointed Hodgson and let him run the show. Well, that's enough for me to illustrate about what I think about "lazy-thinking" by comparing journalistic writings.

I know people are critical of me and I know the criticism. Be it from a well known practising architect to my office colleagues. I know what is important and I must dig in and focus hard and keep the vision on at all times. Rafa Benitez quoted a lot about "coaching" and "teaching them right so that they know and can apply for the rest of their lives".

I am in a position to teach them right and provide the learning that they could use for life. It says so in the Malaysian Qualification Framework (MQF) and Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MCA) - see link; Quote : The MQF has eight levels of qualifications in three national higher education sectors and is supported by lifelong education pathways. The sectors are (a) Skills; (b) Vocational and Technical; and (c) Academic. (link)

Quote: The European Commission defines lifelong learning as ‘all learning activities throughout life, with the aims of improving knowledge, skills and competence, within a personal, civic, social and or employment-related perspectives’. Lifelong learning is about providing a second chance to update basics skills and offering learning opportunities at more advanced levels. All this means that formal systems of provision need to be more open and flexible, so that such opportunities can be truly tailored to the needs of potential learners (ESAE, 2007).

How do you implement it in the studios?

I had a discussion with Kevin Mark Low the other day. His ideas were similar to what I had been thinking. About the importance of being original at everything we do.

ORIGINALITY IS WHAT WE SEEK

I will write more of these in my other blogs. Life is a Design Thesis and Contextural Design.