Seeding Your Future

How do you know if you’ve accomplished something today? What should you measure if you didn’t deliver something measurable? In an era of dashboards, metrics, and key performance indicators, should every ounce of your energy be directed at hitting near term deliverables?

In studying the behavior of the most successful people, I’ve noticed that they spend a good deal of timeplanting seeds. Yes, top performers deliver short-range tangible results, but they also constantly invest in the future.

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