Execution, the elusive skill.

It may surprise you that as a consultant I believe there is more to do than plan and hold countless strategy sessions.  Unfortunately, this seems to fall on far to many deaf ears.  That is, many of my colleagues insist on getting things 100% right before moving ahead.  As Zig Ziglar likes to say "They want every light to be green before driving into town."  We know better, but yet our fear of failing is often so great that we insist on the perfection of the strategy.

Strategies have absolutely no power to make or create anything absent of intensity of execution.  From Bill Gates to General George Patton, success rarely begins with the Perfected plan but with commitment to execution.  Many are the stories of Microsoft's troubled beginnings with Windows OS, Patton frequently dove headlong into ferocious battles with only the basics covered.

So get in the game and fight like hell.  If your scared, remember that your adversary will be more afraid.

"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week."                                    George S. Patton