Welcome to the new Crisp Strategies blog. I’ve chosen balance-and-results as my long term theme to emphasize not only that the two are compatible, but they actually MUST work together if one wants to My New Blog Lookachieve the best results possible.

Lack of balance for people means they cannot persist long enough to succeed in a big way, that they will burn out before that happens. Lack of balance for organization strategies means some stakeholders will be left out and will ultimately derail the objectives. Lack of balance in arguments ensures that many will not buy in…. You get the idea. Balance is a word I’m accused of using far too often, but the fact is you can’t succeed highly effectively without it in every situation.

None of this takes away from the fact that at times we need to throw balance to the winds and simply “go for it.” But we need to step back and look at the bigger picture, too. We can’t rush headlong every day on every issue without damaging both people and results in the long run. As often as we laud supreme, Herculean efforts, we need to praise the ability to sustain effort over time and refuse to give up no matter what humdrum setbacks we encounter. Different kinds of commitment and persistence must balance together for total success.

I’m thrilled to be able to start a new site and blog that I can entirely operate myself. Wordpress looks like the Typical Wordpress blog sampleanswer and it seems to improve steadily as most free, open-source software does. It’s been remarkably easy to get going, though surrounding questions like what to do about past sites and links abound. They can all be worked through – with persistence – and I fully intend to enjoy the journey as much as the results.

So, welcome, I hope you will find it as interesting as I do. I will shortly say goodbye to my old blog at http://www.crispstrategies.typepad.com/and eventually my old web site, too (www.CrispStrategies.com), combining both here.

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