Insight #289:
There’s a lot of back-and-forth-and-up-and-down decision-making going on all over the place, here, there, and everywhere. Guess what it reminds me of.
Have you ever watched a drunk stagger home? Well, I once watched something similar. A guy with a metal detector combing an early morning beach. I was standing on a balcony which gave me a bird’s-eye view of his progress. As I watched, I realized something interesting.
Have you ever watched a guy working a metal detector? And have you watched a drunk working a side-walk? Did you notice something interesting?
Correct! Both weave. But one zigzags all over the place, while the other one weaves with purpose.
That’s exactly the strategy you should adopt today. Weave with purpose.
Recent times may have left you (and your organization) punch drunk, zigzagging and stumbling about. The risk now is that you will seek stability by developing rigid plans with inflexible strategies.
Don’t. Things are still too uncertain for that to work. Better for you to be clear on the outcome you want. Then to weave with purpose.
And, as always, leave the zigzagging to the so-called experts.
Welcome to my side of the nonsense divide.
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