Fisher Strategy

Here is an interesting post from Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D., on the Harvard Business Review Online.  Have you ever noticed that there are many people in this world who are great starters, but not so many who are great finishers.  What is the fundamental difference between the two?  And why can some people finish some projects, but then fall painfully short of finishing others?

Halvorson talks about a recent study from the University of Chicago regarding the differing effect of focusing on either how far one has already come (to-date thinking) or what was left to be accomplished (to-go thinking).   (study abstract and citation number)

The punchline is worth considering: to keep yourself (or your team) motivated to finish a project all the way, keep your (and your team’s) focus on what there is left to do, and do not think about what has already been accomplished.  This will keep motivation levels high, and will not lead to rest on your laurels midway through a project.

It is worth the read.

Hello again!  It has been a rather long time since my last post, and I hope this one finds you well.  I have been busy developing my latest project, and I can’t wait to share it with the world.  But that’s not the purpose of this post.

Take a look at these two articles, and see if you can see the relationship between them.

Fewer Small Business Start Ups Means Trouble from USA Today, and

Clementine’s Delayed Reaction and What Business Leaders Can Learn From It from Three-Star Leadership

Both are worth reading in their own right, but taken together, I think they shed a serious light on the complex we all face.  I firmly believe The Great Recovery is yet to come, and paradoxically rests in our own hands.  It is time to take action, and make the future we desire happen for ourselves, our communities, and our society. After all, the consequences of inaction can only be delayed for so long.

As always, please, tell me what you think.