Being Strategic: Plan for Success; Out-think Your Competitors; Stay Ahead of Change

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Are you being strategic...
to create the life you want?

Take the quiz to find out how strategic you are in approaching your life, career and business, and what that may mean for you:

Full-frame attention:

I tend to focus on what I need and want to do right now

I often think about what might happen later if I do or don’t do something now

I usually consider whether doing something will move me toward the future I want

Hoped-for future:

I just let things unfold

I have some ideas about what I want – but they’re a little vague

I’m generally clear about the kind of future I want to create for myself

Core directional choices:

I don’t really think much about how to get where I want to go in life

I often change my mind about what will take me in the direction I want to go

I think about how to get where I want to go, and stay committed to that

Fair witnessing:

My thoughts and feelings about situations are almost always right

I know my point of view about a situation might be limited or inaccurate

In order to understand a situation, I actively work to question my assumptions

Repositioning:

Once I’m headed in a direction, that’s pretty much it for me

If something major changes, I’ll re-asses whether I’m still on the right path

I regularly check to see whether the path I’ve chosen still seems best for me

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0-3: You may feel that your life and career are out of control, and that you can’t seem to get a handle on how to move forward... or even what direction to move! Developing the skills of being strategic could be just what you need in order to get clear about what’s most important to you and how to achieve it. Download the introduction to Being Strategic to get some insights about how to begin.

4-7:You’re on the way to figuring out how to have the life and career you want. You’re developing good habits: reflecting on what matters to you, looking at your life from a broader perspective, and thinking about where different courses of action will take you. Find ways to keep developing your “being strategic” skills. And look for “strategic role models” to observe and learn from – people who are achieving their dreams. You might want to check out Erika’s blog for connections to strategic resources and people.

8-10:You’ve integrated the art and practice of being strategic into your life. You seem well on the way to knowing where you’re starting from, where you want to go, what’s in the way, and how to get there – you have the skills and mindset to manifest your dreams. Keep using and improving your “being strategic” skills in every area of your life; you’ll get better at it the more you do it. You may want to explore the ways Proteus can help you integrate your skills into your life and work, and offer the same skills to your team.

“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory; tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”

Sun Tzu
Chinese Military Strategist, 6th Century BCE

Are you being strategic... to create the life you want?