BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGIST
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When you are able to profoundly analyse and acquire deep knowledge on yourself and your environment, you are aware. You will able to understand the cause and effect of events, the inner workings of different variables, and how they will impact potential outcomes. Being aware is being in a state of elevated consciousness.
As Sun Tzu says, “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
By going beneath the surface, we become privy to all the factors that played a part in creating the present, be it the manner of which the parties involved reacted, decisions that were made, thought processes and so on. Things hardly appear out of thin air! There are always precursors to an event taking place, and hence with this awareness, we are able to properly identify them.
This is also important because it lays the foundation for the second step.
For thoughts to be significant, where the mind goes, the body has to follow. The whole point of brainstorming and reflecting is to determine what we should do as we move on. Our takeaways pave the road forward, but of equal importance is us embarking on the journey. This may come in the form of refreshed attitudes, strategies, choices, approaches and more. Essentially, we are now doing things completely differently from how we used to before.
Only then will new outcomes be produced – After all, Albert Einstein once said, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”
At this point, the problem is slowly dissolving into the background as possible solutions take shape. Be excited!
Founder – Talent Leadership Crucible
Author – The Big Jump into Entrepreneurship
Podcaster – Thriving in the Age of Disruption