Based on the title, you might have been expecting a list from The Art of War.
If so, that's not where we're headed today.
With yesterday’s post about discovering strategic insights I use in the secular world while at church, I challenged myself to document and share what some of the other strategic insights from church were.
The list starts with yesterday’s strategic insight about “small, possible steps” and adds the first eleven others I jotted down from my hymnal notes and Bible classes of the last few years.
12 Strategic Insights from Thousands of Years Ago
In an age when it’s fashionable to rule out religion as just some outdated thinking (or imagination or fables) from long-dead people, I’d stand behind any of this wisdom as highly relevant to my workday, and likely that of any reader here, as well:
- Once you’ve figured out where you’re headed, take all the small, possible steps you can to get headed there as directly as you can.
- Anyone, even the most unlikely person, can be THE person to save the day (or the strategy, project, event, etc.).
- It doesn't so much matter if you're off track during the process as whether you are heading in the right direction and how you ultimately wind up at the end.
- People get multiple chances, even if they burn you on the second or third chance.
- You'll have a lot more success if everything you do reinforces everything else you're doing in a conscious, deliberate way.
- Sometimes you'll have to walk away from your original audience when they've decided they just aren't interested.
- Wisdom trumps just about everything.
- You'll typically have an easier go of things if you can deliver what leadership is looking for first, even if you have bigger or different ideas in mind.
- People aren't always going to be ready to follow right away so you have to get them ready to see why your direction is the best.
- Use history to your advantage.
- When personal inspiration is lacking, familiar structure can get you started while inspiration catches up.
- There is tremendous learning and change value in repeating and integrating messages at pre-planned times.
I'll add to this list over time as I keep oncovering new strategic insights. - Mike Brown
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