“I don’t do details. I’m a big-picture kind of person.”
The visionaries who make this formula work possess the wisdom to surround themselves with competent subordinates or colleagues, men and women who make the dream come true by focusing on specifics. Whether a CEO in a major corporation or the owner of a small software sales company, a good manager trains and encourages employees to pay attention to the small stuff.
Stick your head in the clouds without keeping your feet on the ground, and you’re asking for trouble. For example, with the 2021 withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, our politicians and military commanders achieved the goal of ending the American presence in the country, but it cost the lives of 13 military personnel and left friends, allies, and billions of dollars of equipment behind….