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If you have ever chafed at yourself towards the end of a year because you are about to have the exact same new year resolution you had a year ago and the year before that.
Or you just wondered why people have gotten better at what they do but your stagnancy doesn’t cause a ripple.
Or you have tried your hand diligently with all you’ve heard must be done to bring your dreams to fruition, and none has worked.
As a chess player, the terms strategy and tactics are very popular. But you don’t need to be a chess player to understand that if you want to keep eating your capital you will soon have to close your provision store. A lack of strategy and proper tactics is what you have been missing.
Let me show you exactly how it works. Pay attention.
Sun Tzu once said, “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory.
Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”
So, what is strategy? What is Tactics?
Please don’t check your dictionary! Grand Master Garry Himovich Kasparov is currently considered the greatest chess player to have ever lived and was world chess champion for fifteen years. I heard him explain that strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do, and tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do.
In simple terms, Strategy focuses on positions that should pay off in the long run and tactics focuses on handling those immediate problems that you are faced with.
Was that vague? Maybe. But my explanations wouldn’t be.
Imagine that you want to drive to the north from the west. You got ready for the trip, kissed your family goodbye, trotted down the stairs with your designer bag only to realize that you never bothered to buy a car.
If your goal is to one day drive to the north, then getting a car is a strategy. Checking the engines and making sure the tires are fine is strategy. Tactics is when you buy fuel, add water, and drive carefully.
All of which will determine if you will arrive the north.
How do I apply this to my life? It’s not as easy as driving to the north. Well, it can be.
When you have written your dreams down, check the things that might be needed in the future. Do you need to learn about taxes in the field? How much do you need to make to stay afloat? How many employees will you need in the first year?
Do you need to build a rapport with people in the field? Do you need to intern? Do you need a license? What do you need to read? Can you start now or in a year or four? Do I still want to do this with the things I have found out?
All these are examples of strategies that should be in place. In our next post, we will talk about tactics that work and their level of importance.
Like our Northern traveler. Washing a car for two days doesn’t help the journey. Some dreams have been at a car wash for too long. You can make some progress now.
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