Each day our thoughts can range from highly focused topics to distracted and fragmented ideas about the past, present and/or future. Being able to direct our mental processes strategically requires following a format or system of thought. The best way to begin is to ask what I consider to be most critical question: What Am I Trying to Accomplish? and Why?

This question scales up and down the time continuum. You can ask it regarding your long term life goals, as well as regarding what you need to accomplish in the next hour.

This sharpens your outcomes (the “what”) and connects them to a higher purpose (the “why”). Invest sufficient time here to get a clear answer before rushing to solution.

Sometimes it’s easy to get lost in the storm, especially when emotions are high. That’s why well-structured questions and logical processes are essential thought-connectors to ensure the amount of strategic thinking and planning being done is sufficient enough to get us from where we are to where we want to go.

This question is the first of Four Critical Strategic Questions in our Logical Framework approach, which some call “revolutionary”. The Logical Framework approach helps you pull together divergent resources required to discover and implement a complete solution. To learn all Four Questions, see our free special report Turn Strategy Into Action available at www.ManagementPro.com. Strategic Thinking is more powerful – and easy to do – than some might initially think!

 

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