We (and by “we” I mean “I”) would like to believe we’re strong at strategic thinking in business. And an appreciation of strategic thinking from a business perspective SHOULD extend over into ALL the decisions we make.
Unfortunately, that isn’t always the case.
With strategic thinking, it’s often so much easier to apply it to other organizations and people than to our own situation.
Need a few examples to back that claim up?
Here you go.
The SMARTEST Thing I Could Do Would Be To . . .
- Prioritize all the business development stuff I need to do, but I sit at the computer struggling to write a blog post for the next day.
- Get on with writing a blog post for the next day if that’s what I’m going to insist on doing, but instead, I spend time chatting on Facebook Messenger.
- Work on one thing at a time and finish it, yet my desk is strewn with 15 things that need attention by the end of the day.
- Stop snacking, but I’m too busy walking to the kitchen to get cheese crackers as a way of getting exercise.
- Appreciate the people that have reached out wondering why I seem so frazzled lately, but all the while I’m concerned about what I’m doing that’s making it so obvious how frazzled I’ve been lately.
- Turn off the computer to clear the memory out and let it take a rest, but I refuse to shut it down and have to re-open all those Windows Explorer searches.
- Go to sleep instead of staying up past midnight once again, KNOWING I have to get up by 4:30 to complete my weekly newsletter writing deadline.
See what I mean.
It’s easy, when it comes to strategic thinking, to KNOW better.
It’s not nearly as easy (it seems) to DO the better thing you know you should do.
Maybe that’s all part of being human. – Mike Brown
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