Everyone we know who has hit it big in showbiz has been so focused that they were scary. We’re talking so zeroed in on their goal and how to reach it that the rest of their lives were just a blur to them. The following article is one of the best ways we’ve seen this phenomenon put into words…in away mere mortals like us can learn from:
Why Having a Great Strategy Matters
by William Allen
We will never have enough time or resources to solve the problems we want to solve. To be successful, we need to focus, and that’s why great organizations have strategies.Strategy is a chronically overused word, thrown around with such regularity that its meaning is nearly lost. (When you are told you should do something because it is “strategic,” be skeptical: it is too often code for “just do what I say.”)
…And I urged everyone I knew who was in any position of power in the Industry to bring us shows that didn’t present our society as one that contained only financially successfully, beautifully dressed, all around idealized men and women but instead showed us characters that “real people,” i.e., hard-working blue collar types, could identify with.
Ok, fine – Man of Steel was kind of a success. But no one cared about The Lone Ranger and they’ve stayed away in light-years from Pacific Rim.
