How can focusing too much on the details hurt the business? We tend to look in the short term, working off the seat of our pants to make sure the business keeps on moving and surviving.

But what that encourages is for us to forget what our goals were in the first place. Did you start the business just to survive for a year or two or did you have grand plans to grow and become something big?

Well you’ll have to remember where you’re going, not just where you are. It’s just as important. Given the choice between dealing with predictable facts and details or dealing with unpredictable human nature, most of us will jump at dealing with facts any time.

But that just gets us stuck staring at our own feet as our feet inexplicably slip off the track. The only way to stay on track is by looking toward your ultimate goal: you helping people solve some problem in return for them repaying you fairly for the time and effort you put into it.