All their effort
Let’s imagine you know what you want to do and have the funds to do it.
You hire some experienced people who’ve mastered their arts, buy some…
With our position and authority and influence, when we ask for things – real things or things to be done – most times people commit to getting it done.
They adjust their schedules and push things around to fit our thing in.
The good ones say No to other things because they’ve already said Yes to ours. They follow through on those commitments, they prioritise, they focus their attention and make sure they meet the deadlines and produce the deliverables.
Which is amazing. And that way, the world changes.
Except … when we ask for things we don’t really care about. When it was more of a passing fancy. When we forget about it.
All their effort – wasted.
All their time – wasted.
All their attention – wasted.
And worse, we’ve just taught them not to waste the effort, time and attention next time around.
Skippy strategy: Make sure you mean what you ask for.
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Don’t think of it a the thing, not THE thing anyway.
Think of it as just A thing. A prototype. Something you’re doing or building or working…