Okay, so I bumped into this news piece today. Talking about Greg Norman, you know, the LIV Golf guy. Apparently, he’s now backing up stuff Phil Mickelson said way earlier. Like, Phil dropped some info, maybe it sounded out there, and now Norman’s basically saying, “Yeah, Phil was onto something.”
It just got me thinking, honestly. Not even specifically about the golf drama, ’cause who really knows the full inside story there, right? But it reminded me of this situation I had at my old job. Nothing major, just one of those everyday things.
That time with the project schedule
We were working on this project, pretty standard stuff. But I saw how things were lining up, the resources we actually had versus what the managers thought we had. And I remember saying in a meeting, pretty casually, “Hey, I don’t think we’re gonna hit that deadline for the first phase. Maybe we push it back two weeks now, save ourselves the headache later?”
Man, you’d think I’d suggested setting the office on fire. My team lead just kinda looked at me. Said something like, “We have a plan, let’s stick to the plan. Don’t be negative.” Another guy chimed in, saying I was probably just worried about my part. Basically, nobody really bought it. They were all sticking to the official optimistic timeline.
So, I just shut up about it. What else could I do? I did my work, kept my head down. But I noted it down, just for myself, you know? My gut feeling.
And guess what? About three weeks later, maybe a bit less. Suddenly, it’s panic stations. Things were behind. Exactly the stuff I worried about popped up. Resources got pulled elsewhere, a key piece of software wasn’t ready. Total scramble.
They ended up delaying the first phase. By three weeks, not even the two I suggested. Nobody came back and said, “Hey, you called it.” Of course not, haha. That’s not usually how it works.
But seeing this news about Norman and Mickelson… it just brought that feeling back. Sometimes someone sees something early, says it out loud. People might dismiss it, call it noise or whatever. Then, down the road, turns out they were pretty much on the money. It’s just funny how that happens, in big things like golf leagues, and small things like project deadlines.
Doesn’t really change anything for me now, but it’s a familiar story. You see something, you say something, maybe you get ignored. Then later, the facts come out. Happens all the time.
