Coherent Action II

"Without action, the world would still be an idea."

INSEAD, a global business school located in France, was the brainchild of Harvard professor General Georges F. Doriot. The INSEAD library holds a bronze statue of Doriot inscribed with his observation "Without action, the world would still be an idea."

In many situations, the main impediment to action is the forlorn hope that certain painful choices or actions can be avoided--that the whole long list of hoped-for "priorities" can all be achieved.  It is the hard craft of strategy to decide which priority shall take precedence.  Only then can action be taken.  And, interestingly, there is no greater tool for sharpening strategic ideas than the necessity to act.

ACTION POINT: Determine and decide on priorities, then act.