Proximity and strategy.

Strategy is about the future we are intentionally working to build, the person we are seeking to become, the change we seek to make. It’s about investing in the present to make the future better.

However, the present may not fully align itself to help us make the change. The conditions, and especially the people we engage with, might not be enrolled in the journey we are seeking to make.

Proximity, both in terms of time and space, can become a hindrance in sticking to our elegant strategy.

What we can ask of the proximity factors is: if I was making these decisions in a different time and space, would I make them based on the factors I am making right now.