In Conclusion

I have written about various stages of my life and my blog fredsmemory. Looking back at all the various things that I was told to do without education or experience I have come to the conclusion that there must be certain amount of disbelief. For instance that I and another at the age of 16 left on our own on overnight duties at the police headquarters to answer the phones and take the necessary action. After all my education ended at the age of 14!
And then to join the army and of after five weeks, selected for a commission. When the time came when I had to decide whether to take up this option I decided to continue as a weapon training instructor. And then to be to take over control of an officers’ mess without any knowledge and without instruction.
At the end of my war service I could have opted to return to police duties and found a job in the civil service in agriculture. My experiences in that job were varied and again little or no instruction. Similarly after only one week accompanying a colleague in the national assistance board I was determining and authorising payment to applicants. I then joined the land commission where I and all my colleagues had no previous experience and we ea
I decided to build a house without using the services of a builder which meant drawing plans and employing carpenters, bricklayers etc. Again without any previous knowledge. The word they use today is project manager. I have seen many television programmes where people being project manager falling into many pitfalls. I do not recall problems myself.trial