#255: Weave with purpose

Have you had the opportunity of watching a drunk struggle his way home?

Well, I recently watched something similar - a guy with a metal detector combing an early morning beach. I was standing on a balcony which gave me a bird’s eye view of his progress. As I watched I realized something interesting.

Have you ever watched a guy working a metal detector? And have you watched a drunk working a side-walk? Did you notice something interesting? Correct! Both weave, but one zig-zags all over the place, while the other one weaves with purpose.

That’s exactly the strategy you should adopt this new year - weave with purpose.

Many organizations are punch drunk, zig-zagging and stumbling about. The risk is that they will seek stability by developing rigid plans with inflexible strategies. But things are simply too uncertain for that to work.

Better for you to be clear on the outcome you want and then to weave with purpose.


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