Truth 19Playing Out The Tape Helps Others Prepare for the Future

Since the advent of videotape and DVDs, we don't have to go to the movie theater or tune into a TV show to see how a story plays out. We can fast-forward to find out if the good guy got the girl, who won in the end, or if the truth came out. Think about doing this in real life. If you could fast-forward to determine the outcomes of your actions, what would you like to know? What would your followers like to know?

Effective leaders learn to fast-forward by developing a vision of what they want to see in the future. You probably have done this many times on the way to initiating new ways of doing business. However, whether you jump ahead to this new reality intuitively or move methodically, ...

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