Work

We all work. All the time. Work is such a constant requirement that it takes a conscious, active and sometimes exhausting effort to not work. This is especially true when we are at work.

So, if we all work, all the time why is work still a challenge for us? Why do we not always succeed at what we set out to do? Why do we not immediately grasp what it is we must do?

To understand the problem better I will use a simile. A general may not be that good in battle. Even if he is good, he may get killed in action. A soldier may not be that good in strategy. Even if he is competent he may not grasp the dynamic required to win a war.

In business we are often tasked to be one or the other. Sometimes we have to be both, though never both at once. Because it's work we often fail to grasp when we need to change roles. Strategy is often mired in details and misses the bigger picture. Big picture thinking at ground level exhausts us to the point that the on-ground work becomes sloppy.

If we don't understand how our work, works it will work us instead of us working it.

The simplest things sometimes require the most effort to understand but once we understand them we find a lot of the internal difficulties we face, evaporate.

Clarity in our thinking leads to clarity in our actions because our intent is clear to us.

I hope this helps.