Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Think Secondary Consequences

Most people are able to calculate the result or the primary consequence of their actions. "If I do this, that will happen." But then what ...? Strategic thinkers are those who can set aside immediate gratification and think longer term. They ask: "What will be the long term result of this course of action?" When you develop your thoughtfulness and purposely think more about secondary consequences of your actions, you become a strategic thinker.

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Urban Gavelin a native Swede with more than twenty five years of business experience. He has held positions as director of sales- marketing- and business development on Nordic, European and World Wide levels. Urban has lived and worked in Stockholm, London and New York, now works primarily with leadership development and sales training and is a credentialed coach. He has studied Executive Management at Lausanne Business School and Stockholm School of Economics.

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