Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Are You Focusing On The Wrong Thing?

As a little fish in the pond of big businesses it's easy to get caught up in one detail and neglect the bigger picture of your business. When you focus too narrowly on one thing, especially something that is negative, you miss the opportunity to see all of those positive aspects of your company that far out weigh the acute challenges you may be facing.

Analogy
You have a telephoto lens on your camera and are focused in on an old-dilapidated building and decide that it's far too ugly to take a photo of. Then you change to a wide-angle lens and see that this old house is perched on a hillside overlooking a spectacular valley with wild flowers in full bloom. The rotting house is now no longer your focus, but is a small element within the composition of your masterpiece instead.

Keep Swimming Little Fish!

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