Most of us would like to think of ourselves as able to do more. To have a job with more responsibilities. To make more money. To be able to be more of service in the community.
And yet, most of us like to wear our “hard work” as a badge of honor.
There is a conflict there so let’s discuss this a bit.
I imagine that all of you are paying taxes today. You are rapidly becoming a minority and not because you chose to be. You are among the productive and not one of the moochers. I’m sure you know that we are rapidly reaching the point where more are receiving from the government than those paying to. It’s a scary place to be in a democratic country. I suppose we should be thankful we are still a republic.
A lot of you will be expressing this dissatisfaction at a Tea Party rally today. When you go, carry a sign expressing your view.
Here is a little something to get you into the mood.
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.
