Richard's Blog

Sometimes I wonder as a relatively young person doing business.

"What is the difference between doing nothing and a strategic pause"

I've been through a lot situations where I just have to wait for the result. It feels like waiting for my plan to fit into place. But in reality plans have so much variables that it is difficult for the plan to fit all the time. So when the plan becomes a fail. It comes to me as if I've just waited 3 months of my life.

On the other hand if I alter with the plan and try to mess with it while on it's way the plan becomes more awry because of the butterfly effect. and considering that most plans take more than a quarter to see a bit of progress, impatience can lead a good plan to a bad direction.

So basically, Mentors around me suggest strategic pause, Because at least we can assess the situation more correctly. In other words, This means if I change the plan while I'm executing it.the failure will not be able to validate because switching plans makes to many reasons in the end. And if I take a strategic pause I can assess and validate.

It really makes me wonder. So which one is statistically higher? Are they both low? and if they have the similar results than which one is better?

It takes about a year to play decent tennis. Even when you are practicing daily.

It also takes a year to play decent golf.

It took me more than a year to learn sloppy mandarin.

I'm still learning how to play chess for the past 2 years.

It usually takes more then a year to decently do something even when you are practicing daily. It takes even more time when you are practicing weekly.

People are in a hurry to achieve things in a hurry. 'Lose fat in 1 week', 'Learn english in one week'. You can't achieve things without patience and hard work. If you have achieved something very fast that's probably because you've been mimicking someone who has done his or her share of hard work.

What happens when that person isn't near any more.

Be patient. The human life span has become 100 years. So take your time and invest hard work into things you are passionate about. And also put your expectations down on you and people around you. It takes time to get the hang of something.