From the course: Strategic Thinking
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Strategic thinking is an ongoing process
From the course: Strategic Thinking
Strategic thinking is an ongoing process
- You've failed yourself if you do strategic thinking once, set a course and just keep at it forever. Circumstances change, and you may end up steering yourself wildly off course. But at the opposite end of the spectrum, you've also failed yourself if you can't reliably follow through on your strategy and fall victim to shiny object syndrome, constantly jumping from one thing to the next following idle whims. So how do you balance the two? How can you make strategic thinking a way of life? As we discussed earlier, it's important to regularly audit your strategy, to set up milestones in advance, let's say every quarter, and check in to see how things are progressing and whether results are living up to your expectations or might warrant some changes. The general rule though, is that if you've taken the time to create a thoughtful strategy, you should stick with it until there's a clear reason not to. Here are the questions…
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