The first thing that gets dropped when you get busy is long-term vision. You’re plowing onward through the deep snow of today’s to do list, and the long-term horizon is utterly obscured.
It’s worthwhile to have a trusted colleague with whom you can schedule regular or irregular vision conversations.
- A coffee where we agree not to talk about any current projects.
- A dinner with a focus on five year’s time.
- A weekend of off-the-grid dreaming with your team.
Don’t let the urgent crowd out the important. Who do you trust to talk about the distant future, and when was the last time you invoked that trust?