Do You Want A Step By Step Plan or Are You Developing A Strategy?
Thursday, October 4th, 2007I’ve just come back from six grueling days with Stephen Pierce and his team at the UYMG Malaysia 2007.
There, he mentioned that you need a strategy to outsmart and outwit your competition. Step by step plans do not work in a competitive environment.
Plans and recipes work well in a controlled environment, where you control everything, example, to bake a cake, you can control the temperature, time, correct mixture of ingredients, and viola, you get the perfect cake everytime.
Try that when playing chess. Have you ever gone into a game of chess, and said, “Here is my plan for the game, and I am following it step by step”. One move by your opponent that is different from your pre-planned plan, and you will be doomed!
So while you need to know various methods and techniques, what is needed is a strategy to beat the competition. So work on your mission and vision statements, and always ask “Where can I win?”, and “What else?”.