Yak shaving is the time honored tradition of needing to complete tasks that relate more to the path we have chosen than to the goal we seek.
My most recent incident involved upgrading my wife’s version of Adobe Lightroom on her iMac. My wife is a professional photographer, and she uses Adobe Lightroom to develop and organize her images. She had decided to prepare a “cheat sheet” for herself for the most common tasks, so she could make sure to be more consistent in the way she does things. She decided, though, since she was a version behind on Lightroom to upgrade to the latest and use that to make the cheat sheet, and that is where the trouble started.Continue Reading