Bruce is right when he says I'm better at long-term strategy than short-term tactics. Long-term planning and vision come naturally to me. When I make big decisions, I automatically think 20+ years ahead. I can't help it. For example, I turn down all kinds of business deals that might generate some short-term cash but which I can see won't have a meaningful impact on a 20-year time horizon. Most projects that won't still matter 20 years out are of little interest to me.
Short-term action and detailed implementation on the timespan of less than a week is much harder for me, requiring a lot of discipline to follow through. I can still do it but it's not a natural talent for me. Simple action habits like getting up at 5am, which I did this morning, often took me years to develop.
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