Timing is everything

Strategic Thinking & Action

Perfect timing can make a good idea great. No doubt you have lots of ideas about how your area of business could move forward. But often our good ideas are only great when the internal conditions and external market are right for them.  A seemingly good idea can be quite frustrating when it is not in line with current strategic goals and business needs.

The speed of strategy is not related to calendar time. Timing for the right market move, investment or shift in focus is predicated on opportunity or threat, and ability, not the start of the quarter or year. Unfortunately, even some of the best and brightest managers and business people consider timing as an afterthought. Their thinking goes something like idea, budget, target customers, competition.  But they do not think about perfect timing.

Being patient is a necessity to a life of achievement because it is the nature of things and the law of time that they cannot immediately reap where they have sown. Anything worthwhile takes time to grow and mature. So the dreams too require this time of nurturing and growth.

Patience is an absolute requirement for the attainment of any goal, because some things simply can’t be rushed or hurried. It needs necessary thought and attention to detail to bring to fruition. They require a long term commitment and dedication to follow through with a set of actions despite the various challenges and obstacles that you might face along your journey.

Patience is not about sitting idle waiting for things to happen. Idleness can actually breed impatience and stress. Patience is something that is proactive in nature. It requires full involvement and attention. Get the mind in the right place, then figure out how to be effective and then take action.

In business perspective, the best decision making is the Timing, Tactics and Strategy ie., ready, aim and fire.

Aiyan Thiruvalluvar says

கொக்கொக்க கூம்பும் பருவத்து மற்றதன்

குத்தொக்க சீர்த்த இடத்து. (490)

बक सम रहना सिकुड़ कर, जब करना नहिं वार ।
चोंच-मार उसकी यथा, पा कर समय, प्रहार ॥ (४९०)

Explanation by Scholars

At the time when one should use self-control let him restrain himself like a heron and let him like it, strike, when there is a favorable opportunity.

காலம் கைகூடும் வரையில் கொக்குபோல் பொறுமையாகக் காத்திருக்க வேண்டும். காலம் வாய்ப்பாகக் கிடைத்ததும் அது குறி தவறாமல் குத்துவது போல் செய்து முடிக்க வேண்டும்.