Perhaps Columbus’s “genius” was simply to take action. I’ve noticed this in executives and higher-ranking military officers I’ve met—they get a quick view of the possibilities, then they make a decision and execute it. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t, but the success rate is a lot better than for people who never take action at all.
I’ve noticed this in executives and higher-ranking military officers I’ve met—they get a quick view of the possibilities, then they make a decision and execute it.
Executives and higher ranking military officers also happen to have the power to enforce their decisions. Making decisions and acting on them can be possible without that power but the political skill required is far greater, the rewards lower, the risks of failure greater and the risks of success non-negligible.
Perhaps Columbus’s “genius” was simply to take action. I’ve noticed this in executives and higher-ranking military officers I’ve met—they get a quick view of the possibilities, then they make a decision and execute it. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t, but the success rate is a lot better than for people who never take action at all.
Executives and higher ranking military officers also happen to have the power to enforce their decisions. Making decisions and acting on them can be possible without that power but the political skill required is far greater, the rewards lower, the risks of failure greater and the risks of success non-negligible.