Our startup team is obsessed with hitting this quarter's metrics but I can see we're making decisions that will hurt us in two years, and when I bring it up everyone agrees in theory but nothing changes in practice.
More people experience this than they realize.
The visible urgency of immediate metrics overwhelms the invisible importance of sustainable growth, even when everyone intellectually knows better.
“Where Are You with Long-term thinking vs. short-term thinking?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.