It is low risk to do what other people are doing. You have the small proof point that someone threw money at it and maybe even can see some success. Following this path though, and constantly following is a sure fire way to not have a plan or vision. You may achieve some success, but you’ll need to look to the other guy for what’s next.
Mapping out a path to what you want the world to look like, or in other words, setting a vision can be high risk (or at least seen as high risk to someone who values always being right). We are not good at predicting the future, but I think we deceive ourselves about how good we are at making the future.
Having the right principles and values, and an idea of where you want to go means that every small decision along the way pushes you closer to where you want to be. Setting a vision is a bit like a self-fulfilling prophecy. It may be hard, the path there may not be exactly what you think it’ll be, but if you have the plan and the vision in mind, every step will bring you closer.
And if you’re wrong, and you’re smart about it, you’ll adjust. Again, very few people predict the next 10 years.
What matters when setting vision and direction are the underlying principles, motives, hypotheses, and not 100% the object level.
nick / Nick Slaney
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