Observe, Orient and Act

I am indebted to John Boyd, the military strategist, for these simple words and basic approach. I am learning something new everyday about observing what is going on, seeing what needs to be done and simply doing it.

It seems to me that the more I practice and take personal responsibility for embodying this approach in my business, the better are my results and the more my personal energy is reignited.

Sometimes when my motivation is ebbing, I find that by reminding myself of my Mission, Vision and Values and the ‘Boyd approach,’ as I call it, I get back on track quickly and easily.

If you want to read more about the late John Boyd and his approach, there are two books I highly recommend: they are ‘Certain to Win,’ by Chet Richards and ‘Building the Real time Enterprise,’ by Michael Hugos (Chapter Five in particular).