Good Morning,
I often hear about looking for people who can see the big picture. But, do they see where we are going, do they see what we can become, do they see how we are going to get there?.
I believe seeing the big picture is all well and good, but it is just the beginning, kind of like heading out on an adventure, where you look at the map and see where you are going, but until you actually start the adventure, then all you are doing is seeing the big picture.
Worse yet, there are many who can see the big picture, but once the wheels start turning in working toward the big picture, they don’t have the ability to see where they are at that moment in relation to the big picture.
And then there are the ones who see the big picture and cheer for it, and then go back to what they were doing before, never taking a second look at the end goal, nor lifting a finger to get there.
It’s as if they see the picture but don’t believe they can achieve it, or even realize that they are part of it, much less have a role in achieving it.
Seeing the big picture is safe. It is done from the comfort of what we know.
Living the big picture is risky. There is a lot of unknowns along the way.
Seeing the big picture and not having the ability to understand how to move from the beginning of the adventure into the big-wide-outdoors is going to limit people’s abilities to get there.
We have to be able to live the big picture, to understand where we have come from, seeing where we are going and understanding that the travel from the beginning to end may not be as easy as walking back into our offices or cubicles and doing what we have done in the past.
Living the big picture means taking spot checks of where you are now, where you want to be, and seeing what can be done to move there.
Often the big picture is something that will take weeks, months or years to achieve, so daily spot checks must become routine. Additionally, we have to understand that we may not get there for a long time. That we may be leaving what we know and are comfortable with to step out and toward the larger goal.
Are you someone who can live with ambiguity, with not knowing how things will get done and that there may need to be sudden and drastic course changes along the way?
When you can do this, then as we live and work toward the big picture, we see achievements completed, milestones met and often an even bigger picture around the next hill, which unlocks further achievement and newer, greater goals.
So, are you happy seeing the big picture, or do you want more, do you want to live the big picture. Are you ready?
Ready, set, go and take that first step out on the adventure toward the big picture!
Enjoy!
Sanford Berenberg
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