Buddhists or Stoics aspire to accept the situation as it is and accept the world they live in. They try to make peace with their own limitations. They donโt want to change the world, if not their perception of it.
Strategists on the other side ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด. Strategists are inherently ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐. Like Nietzsche, they want to take ownership of their life, looking ahead and willing to improve, to ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ. They know that they donโt control the outcomes and they can either succeed or fail. But they know they can influence these outcomes and they are willing to work hard for it. โ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ [โฆ]โ claims Max McKeown, to reinforce this transformational aspiration.
โStone age didnโt end because it ran out of stoneโ (Don Huberts). It ended because of strategy minded people willing to transform their lives and their society. Strategy implies an aspiration for a brighter future. Strategy implies reinventing the way we think, the way we work and the society we want to live in. ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ. On that point Max McKeown completes his definition of strategy as โthe attempt to get to desirable ends with available means.โ
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Author: Anael Granoux