Staying in the Loop...


Have you ever wondered how some people have this amazing capacity for staying in the loop? They just seem to know what will happen next and how to best position themselves and their companies for those opportunities ...

How do they do it? Apart from a strong intellect and intuitive sense, they more than likely do the following consistently and intensely ...

  1. Read - newspapers, business magazines, technical magazines, etc.
  2. Surf - (yah dude ..) - Internet news articles, Yahoo, Suite101, CNet, and the financial sites
  3. Network - stay in touch with old friends, new acquaintances, get out to local functions
  4. Down Time - (can you believe it) - this has an amazing ability of refreshing the mind, allowing the pieces of the puzzle to fall into place and creating those wonderous "AHA" thoughts
Sounds like common sense doesn't it ... Anyone can do it, right?

Well, what is often missing in the average person is the constant desire to question, to consider and to challenge everything and every thought that they encounter doing 1 to 4.

Scribbling ideas, drawing graphs, intersecting circles, and coming up with neat ideas is the key to being a visionary.

Each of us works with at least one visionary in the companies we work in everyday. Get close to these people and you will see your future and mind reach the stars!

The copyright of the article Staying in the Loop... in Management/Leadership is owned by Stuart Bourhill. Permission to republish Staying in the Loop... in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.

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