I have written often about the need to constantly evaluate results and make appropriate adjustments.
While I am a very big proponent of planning, both strategic and tactical, nothing gets done until you actually get in the game. And, when you are in the act of acting, things don’t often go as planned. The real performer, the one who really get things done, is the one who can make the most out of the current situation.
As I frequently promote in my Leriot System, we must constantly assess the enter situation and do our best to make sense of it, make the appropriate adjustments and improve our outcomes.
The recent economic debacle in the U.S. and elsewhere coupled with the recent congressional results reminds me of the arguments I loved to have with my Economics professors at the University of Washington. They were teaching the simple notion of supply and demand and how government policies were used to provide various incentives and disincentives for the public good. I insisted government simply interfered with the natural order of things usually with awful results. I “knew” they were communists and I now know I was a libertarian at heart.
A cornerstone of my work at Leriot revolves around the concept of Execution. This is the fine art of getting the right things done on a consistent basis. This is a very important concept to internalize and it’s vital in these very tumultuous times.
I was reminded of this while reading a fine book by Stephen R. Covey and his colleague Bob Whitman called Predictable Results in Unpredictable Times. One of the key points they make is to “Execute Priorities with Excellence” and they continue to list how to do so.
I wrote about the importance of writing your personal vision a short time ago. While having a vision is an important step to take, progress towards it is vital. Here is a fine example of someone’s:
Note, that is is theirs not yours. You have to have something unique to you.
Be a dreamer! Activate your creative imagination! That’s what Edison and Dr. King did!
If you have not already, take the time to create your own personal vision. If you have a business, it’s certainly fine to include it in your personal vision, but I am really talking about your own dreams for your own life.
So what is a vision?
