EMPLOY REALISTIC THINKING part 2..
- Realistic Thinking Gives You a Target and Game Plan
I’ve known business people who were not realistic think-ers. Here’s the good news: they were very positive and had a high degree of hope for their business. Here’s the bad news: hope is not a strategy.
Realistic thinking leads to excellence in leadership and management because it requires people to face reality.
They begin to define their target and develop a game plan to hit it. When people engage in realistic thinking, they also begin to simplify practices and procedures, which results in better efficiency.
Truthfully, in business only a few decisions are impor-tant. Realistic thinkers understand the difference between the important decisions and those that are merely necessary in the normal course of business. The decisions that matter relate directly to your purpose. James Allen was right when he wrote, “Until thought is linked with purpose there is no intelligent accomplishment.”
- Realistic Thinking is a Catalyst for Change
People who rely on hope for their success rarely make change a high priority. If you have only hope, you imply that achievement and success are out of your hands. It’s a matter of luck or chance. Why bother changing?
Realistic thinking can dispel that kind of wrong attitude.
There’s nothing like staring reality in the face to make a person recognize the need for change. Change alone doesn’t bring growth but you cannot have growth without change.
