People ask me – “Did you envision all this when you started?”
Answer – “No. It would have been impossible.”
Besides, if someone told me all the work I’d have to do back then, it would have been too daunting and I probably wouldn’t have believed in it and would not have tried.
Your business journey is like driving at night. You can only see as far as your headlights. But if you drive that far, you can see farther. Keep doing that.
Learn from your actions. The world is giving you feedback on what works and what doesn’t every day. Pay attention. Make adjustments and decisions. Each one is a fork in your journey.
You can’t plan long-term. There are so many assumptions you make when you do that, and if one os wrong, it throws off the whole thing. You can have a general idea about what it will look like long term, but have to be clear about what you are trying to accomplish now so you can tell your team and take action on it.
As you go, you will realize what needs to be amended, what needs to be dropped, and what things you learned that can be leveraged into something new. Opportunities will come along.
You can’t accomplish great things in one big effort. There are steps and stages and chapters that unfold with continued effort, creativity, learning, and of course, perseverance.
I think in weeks and months, and the years take care of themselves.
Keep driving.
This is exactly how I see things. Some people can have the grand visions and actually accomplish them and it can actually be a good thing. But that is rare. It’s more likely that we miss great opportunities if we become too rigid and focused on some grand vision or distant goal. I think the important thing is to have an overall philosophy about how we want to live our life and then make sure that everything we do is in agreement with and supports that philosophy. And every time we have a good opportunity, take it.