When managing the company, I spend a large time trying to strategize and communicate. It is always cool to speak on vision, and create plans and tactics. One of the things I have not been good at, however, is control, which is an essential management function.

It is not ‘cool’ and a lot of work and drudgery to do control. That means you have to keep hammering the goals like a broken record, and take care of the small details and see things through.

However, I did learn that it is possible to have grand strategies and great plans, but at the end, it is the ability of the organization to execute, and create results that makes the difference.

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Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. — Henry Bergson

Last 2 weeks, I have been re-arranging my schedule and redoing my priorities. I think it shows that I have made more posts in the blog, and I have been stepping up my readings. I have been working more closely with some of the teams in the company as well, and I feel better that things I have meant to be doing are finally taking off.

Of course, life continues to be busy as ever, and there continues to be things to work on, mails to be answered, tasks to be delegated and supervised, and responsibilities to be assigned. But more unimportant things are being put into the not-to-do list so that there will be more time and focus to do a better job on the to-do list.

We can never hope to do everything we want to do, and I reckon that as long as the opportunities I take advantage of, and the problems I resolve are the problems that I allow and create, then I know we will be OK.