Years
ago, when I was a field service tech, my specialty was control systems and
VFDs. Those were the days filled with opportunities to help folks, be
challenged by new problems, and come up with some pretty creative solutions! A
large piece of equipment or control system is filled with thousands of wires.
Our job is to break it down in quadrants and focus on one circuit at a time.
"Halving" challenges, in other words looking at problems and cutting
them in half and then half again until you finally find the solution. My father taught me many things and the
ability to apply simplicity to troubleshooting was one of the greatest.
To this
day I still think about challenges in the same manner, although after 35 years
in the trade I have now spent 2/3 of that time out of the field (on a day to
day basis). It really is all about LSD.
I have learned over the years when I apply a little LSD to any situation it
suddenly becomes better. Of course, the LSD I speak of is Logic Simplicity and
Diligence. So the next time you are preparing for anything just remember to get
a little LSD, it will beat that KISS theory any day of the week.
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