The Challenge:
I don’t know if you’re familiar with
the slightly cynical expression, I’ve
been there, done that, I’ve even
got the Y-shirt” but that’s the
reference to T-shirts....
How many of us get side-tracked
into busy work, putting our head
above water just long enough to
take a breath and a bearing -
Thanksgiving, Christmas annual
leave - maybe? Then we plunge
back into the “urgent” at the
expense of the essential. Read the
books? Wardrobe of T-shirts?
The Solution:
Yes, me too, until I discovered that in the Gold Model Ron has invented the wheel of aligning Vision with Mission, and day-to-day activities.
Even having a clear destination, it’s impossible to sail straight into the wind. Instead we must tack back and forth to make progress. Sailing as close as possible to the wind we have to keep our eyes fixed on intermediate destinations. We intend to use them for medium-term guidance but never actually to arrive at them, frequently “changing tack” and direction.
Ron has developed simple yet powerful tools and techniques to simultaneously align medium and long-term goals with daily activities. Here, “simple” means “something you can do.” “Powerful” means getting sustainable, measurable results, and an immediate sense of achievement. Anyone want any more T-shirts? You can have mine!