You breathed in
As the calendar turned. You breathed in, you breathed out. The to-do list was crunched. The email wrestled, the day-to-day overcome, problems were managed you took one step forward and one step back.
Never in control of anything, never deterministic in anything other than vague intentions and kinda-sorta directions of travel, everybody busy standing in place.
Reality happened to you.
Drifting.
The answer, always the answer: stand still, take another breath, gather your brightest around a table and put someone in charge of the whiteboard. Assess where you are, a little history for how we got here, an honest question – with humility – about where we, we, we would like to go if, if, if we commit, if we train our efforts, and if there’s any kind of following wind. Then enough detail so you know how to get there. Now commit.
Skippy strategy: The where, followed by the detail, and full commitment.
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