Why Vision Is More Important Than Strategy. Vision and strategy are both important.
But there is a priority to them. Vision always comes first. Always. If you have a clear vision, you will eventually attract the right strategy. If you don’t have a clear vision, no strategy will save you. Photo courtesy of ©iStockphoto.com/MAEK123 I have seen this over and over again in my professional and personal life. In July of 2000, my boss suddenly resigned. I knew our division was in bad shape.
We were the least profitable division of fourteen in the Company. Honestly, things could not have been worse. The first thing I did was to go off on a private retreat. Through the years, I had learned that if you think about strategy (the “how”) too early, it will actually inhibit your vision (the “what”) and block you from thinking as big as you need to think. For example, if I had been strategic before I was visionary, I might have said, “Well, I don’t see how we can accomplish much. Do you think anyone would have gotten excited about this?
Book Of Hook: Smart Guy Productivity Pitfalls. Productivity is one of my pet topics, because it's always dogged me a bit, especially early in my career.
I'd pull long days and nights and then realize I only actually worked (as in, typing in code, debugging stuff, and thinking about problems and their solutions) maybe 20% of the time. Upon talking to coworkers, this seemed to be a part of the expected friction costs incurred working in an office environment. Meetings, shooting the shit with coworkers, lunch, email, and, er, . Eventually working around high-productivity professionals like John Carmack made me realize that if you want to excel, then you have to work hard and focus the whole time. I remember Carmack talking about productivity measurement. You know what's pretty hardcore? (Sidenote: my memory is hazy on this since it was long ago -- CD PLAYERS yo). And sometimes I could, so, hey, validation! Productivity Deficit: Your Attitude Writing Checks Your Work Ethic Can't Cash Trap of the Easy Task Identity Recalibration Crisis. How to Get Motivated When You’ve Already Run Out of Motivation.
Perhaps you’re not getting the results you expected for your goals.
Or maybe you’re getting results, just not the celebratory kind or magnitude you expected. Perhaps you’ve been trying to achieve a certain goal for a while now and everything is simply taking longer than you thought it would. Under these common circumstances it’s perfectly understandable that your patience might be beginning to wear a bit thin And surely you won’t give up on your goals (after all, quitters never win).
But, again, it’s definitely understandable if the roaring enthusiasm you once had for them is slowly dwindling. Well, don’t worry, you’re not alone. Because the truth is that almost ALL worthy goals and dreams take longer to bring into fruition than we initially expect (which means everyone experiences dwindling motivation after sustained work, at some point or another). But, as long as you stick with your plans and goals – and remain true to yourself – your dreams WILL come into fruition. 1. Ask yourself: 2. 3. How to Get Motivated When You’ve Already Run Out of Motivation.