Project Enabler vs. Project Manager?

Is a project manager a manager or an enabler? If I look at the most successful projects that I have been part of, it seems that I was an enabler more than a manager. Does that mean that projects don't need some level of management? I think they do, or at least a structure that enables success. So what about a level of self organization? I have been part of projects that the key players had enough experience and responsibility to know what needed to be done and they worked to their strengths. I have also facilitated putting project members into their area of strength, sometimes not according to their job title, and it is fascinating to see how much more productive they can be.

But then I have worked on projects where the project members need to be managed, and I find it quite demotivating and exhausting.

Good or Better?

How do I know when to let go of something good, for the possibility of something better?

Like a house.

Could letting go of a dream house open up more possibilities and opportunities?

Could it make life better for us?

Does improved cash flow make life better?

Would we just find new ways to spend it?

But could those ways... like traveling, make life even fuller?

The Well Crafted Question

There are many questions that I deal with everyday.

But what I think about with much greater regularity is is what do I want to to with my life that I have left?

What provides meaning?

And the question posed by Dr. Jones.... If you won a $10 million dollar lottery tomorrow, what would you do with your life?