Why Long-Term?
Long-term thinking requires a paradigm shift.
Long-term thinking is a forcing function that powerfully aligns organizations and individuals. Thinking long term means valuing:
- People over products
- Character over skills
- Trends over spikes
- Norms over exceptions
- Teaching over showing
- Philosophy over tactics
- Habits over heroics
- Smooth over fast
- Data over anecdotes
- Impact over hype
- Causes over symptoms
Most people have a bias for short-term execution. This can be necessary for survival. Only exceptional ventures optimize for the long-term.