Building a Cathedral

My genius big bro at work is really awesome. He shares the 2012 dept plan and it looks very impressive. What is more exciting is that he called it The Art of a Frogger. <Come on, 3 of us do not know what that is. Apparently we belong to the younger generation> . He uses lilypad and logs. haha. 

I responded to the team saying that this envision us to the 'end point'. Now i feel better and motivated on the skunkworks. haha.


My wise manager then replied with a story.
Build a cathedral, because it's way more awesome (a parable of three stonecutters)

Once upon a time, there was a traveler who came upon three individuals working with stone. Curious as to what the workers were doing with the stones, the traveler approached the first worker and asked, “What are you doing with these stones?” Grumpily and without hesitation the worker quickly responded, “I am a stonecutter and I am cutting stones.”

Not satisfied with this answer, the traveler approached the second worker and asked, “What are you doing with these stones?” The second worker paused for a moment, sighed, but smiled a little and then explained, “I am a stonecutter and I am trying to make enough money to support my family.”

Having two different answers to the same question, the traveler made his way to the third worker and asked, “What are you doing with these stones?” The third worker stopped what he was doing, bringing his chisel to his side. He looked at the traveler with a beaming smile on his face and declared, “I am a stonecutter and I am building a cathedral.”

Here is what Bill wrote at the end... 

OK, maybe a cathedral is a bit lofty, but I really believe you guys are at the front end of quite a few new business and technology opportunities that offer very exciting growth the IPG.  I feel very lucky to have such a great team and to have all these opportunities in front of us!