And in any given moment they have the ability to consistently scan the finite possibilities with a finger poised over their play/pause/rewind/fast forward buttons. The great leaders and managers not only see finite possibilities but they see each possibility as a window … some wide open, some slightly cracked and some closed. The reality is that within any given moment possibilities are finite.Īnd the good leaders & managers recognize that. ‘Infinite’ sounds good conceptually, as does possibilities, but when it comes to real pragmatic decision-making the entire idea tends to overwhelm & freeze rather than enhance efficient & effective decision-making. One thing we do that make reality worse is to convince ourselves that ‘the possibilities are infinite in any given moment.’Īs I have stated before this is a false premise and a dangerously overwhelming premise. But we tend to make reality an even worse bastard. The other way a good leader uses their ‘play/pause’ panel is how they think about possibilities. Good organizations have a variety of different types of employees, but there is no good functional organization without leaders, or a great leader, with a ‘play/pause’ panel. Some are like golf carts steadily chugging along at steady long play. There are some who we call ‘t he bull in china shop’ asshats who only know forward at some fast speed bludgeoning and blustering their way forward. They see reality and decide how to best take advantage of it. Within that ability they decide to fast forward, or pause, or continue playing at the same speed … or even decide to rewind a little. They have the ability to see things in real time, what has occurred up to that point and, in some way, can envision the ripples of what happens from there. The truth is that every good self-aware business leader has a panel in their head with a play, pause, rewind and fast forward button. Good leaders manage the bastard by managing the pacing of how we deal with all the bastard’s stuff. Suffice it to say … reality can be a real bastard. It can appear like a fully loaded tanker … plowing its way through the waves where significance is measured, if significance is discernible at all, in broad sweeping miles of slow turns. This is a little weird when we stop and think about it.įacing reality, as an individual, it can appear like a speed boat … crashing through waves with any significant milestones flashing by so fast they become a blur.įacing reality, collectively. Not every moment has some magical window of opportunity that we will miss out on if we do not act ‘now!’. Not everything should be done with minimal information. Not everything has to be done immediately. I will not debate the sheer amount of shit we are faced with in any given moment but I would debate our concept of speed and moving fast is all that matters and our unhealthy belief there is not enough time. Far too often when talking about pacing in life and business we focus on ‘ slowing down.’ We do that because we have convinced ourselves that not only is the world moving at a faster pace than ever before, but that we actually have to move really fast or we are not doing something right. “It was the in-between time, before day leaves and night comes, a time I’ve never been partial to because of the sadness that lingers in the space between going and coming.” We really remember trips.“The fragile structure of logic fades and disappears against the emotional onslaught of hushed tone, a dramatic pause, and the soaring excitement of a verbal crescendo.” Trips with family and friends - to around the world, or even to the lake - are the stuff that memories are made of later in life. Most play a never-ending game of "what might have been" for the rest of their lives.ĥ. Maybe we dumped someone that we wish we hadn't. Romance is a big area of regret for most of us. Small habits every day make a big difference here over time. It shouldn't take a major calamity to get us to prioritize our health and diet. Not taking care of my health when I had the chance It's only later - 10 or 20 years on - where we discover that friends around us are dying and we're not really doing what we want to do.ģ. Our happiness is derived through their happiness - or so we think. Living the life that my parents wanted me to live instead of the one I wanted to. We always wonder what it would be like to sit down with them again for a coffee. Maybe we don’t have their number or email any more. We might have stayed in touch at first but then got busy. There’s usually one childhood or school friend who we were best friends with. We all have to make choices and where a bad choice is made, it leads to regret.ġ. We still have our own individual personality, but there is a collective consciousness where, on some level, we all are connected.
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