Rooted in Reality
A key factor to a business leader’s success is the ability to see things they really are – not how they’d like it to be.
By this, I mean one must be able to make objective assessments in order to succeed. Vision is not the same as objective assessment of the current situation. One can see a picture of the future, while knowing where they truly are today. The problem comes in when one sees the future, doesn’t see where they truly are today, and draws a roadmap to the future based on a starting point of false reality.
The challenge is we all have the tendency to prescribe qualities to something or someone, even when those qualities don’t exist.
We believe an opportunity will be a winner even when the evidence suggests the opposite for instance, or we think someone likes us when they really don’t. The fact is we all have imagination, and we can see the world with a blend of imagination and reality.
To be successful however, one must assess the reality – without the imagination – and make appropriate decisions. Failure to apply reality is a recipe to be taken advantage of, by others or one’s own imagination.
