dan what do you do to develop your
ability strategically and tactically
that's actually a pretty intelligent
question so first of all here's what you
don't want to do there's some people and
I've seen this with entrepreneurs also
with consultants that they are very very
good with tactics that they are very
good with like the nitty gritty details
but yet they don't see the big picture
on the other hand I also see people that
the only things strategically we need to
understand their tactical what it takes
to to get it done to execute the way
that I did it personally is I focus on
tactics first because I don't believe
you can be a very very good strategic
thinker if you don't understand the
tactics right you don't understand the
day-to-day and what it takes to execute
that strategy because if you don't know
all you have is a crazy wild guess of
what the strategy is and you don't know
if it works or not so I'll give you a
perfect example let's say you run a
restaurant and you just focus on on
strategies big picture you know what I
this is what the restaurant should look
like and this is the decor and and this
is gonna be the menu and this is the
color that we want that's all kind of
strategic strategy thing and and we're
gonna open up you know how we open our
second or third location and fifth
location and we're gonna franchise this
and all this stuff is good right that's
strategy and that's that's critical
that's important but technically is how
do we make good food how do we make sure
the ingredients are fresh how do we make
sure that we get repeat customers how do
we make sure that the waiter and the
waitress in the trenches with a customer
service how do we ensure that they
actually provide a great experience for
the guests and how do we make sure that
they are happy as well they're earning
good money and in good tips see death
tactic
probably make sure the table is clean
that's tactic strategy and tactic and
you need both to have a successful
business so the way I did it is I
understand the tactics I've worked in
the trenches I know the nitty-gritty
details I have done it my job my first
job in the only job I was the one that
is clean their bathroom I was the one
that was talking Ken's on the shelves
before this right I've done a lot of
things like a lot of dirty work right a
lot of stuff they're gonna row up the
sleeves that are not pleasant but you do
it you learn what it takes and you learn
the different aspects of a business then
later on when you evolve then maybe you
make a shift of instead of doing you
don't do that shift overnight instead of
doing 80% it could be technical and then
20% for teaching and then later on we
may be 60% tactical and then 40%
strategic and then maybe then later on
it's the other way around it's 20%
tactical and then 80 percent strategic
and to get to a point where you're very
successful get a point that you are
doing maybe a hundred percent certain
teamwork or kind of like what I do today
but it's all the night but this is how I
develop it you cannot be afraid of doing
the hard work you got to pay the price
and usually it takes years to master all
the tactics to know all the tactics that
are available to make that business
successful in your chosen industry and
when you come up with strategies its
precise is bang-on that's my
recommendation until next time I'll see
you my belly