Good Monday Morning!!

“Beware the Ides of March”! Everyone knows this phrase and its ominous portend to Julius Caesar. Whether the events occurred as revealed in the plot of Shakespeare’s play or not we must decide for ourselves. The Ides of March will still come, and how it plays on the greatest stage of all, your life, is your decision. Is it a time to dread or rejoice? Excuse the pun, but time will “March” through the Ides of every month.

If we look at the overall play it is a tragedy, as many of his plays are. The tragedy is not that he was stabbed by friend and foe, but that Julius Caesar determined his goal, planned his course, committed assets toward his goal, then failed to reassess his path to insure his plan was still reasonable and the goal reachable. To me it seems a contradiction that so great a strategist and statesman as Caesar broke one of the most obvious rules for success, changing his plan to fit the circumstances. You could say the Seer that warned him was a Business Guru or associate intimate with the plan advising caution and reevaluation.

I think if we are honest and use our Twenty-Twenty hide sight vision we can see, in every failed endeavor, the obvious mistake we were blind to before it happened. We can see the associate or friend that was our seer warning us to take a moment before the “Ides” of our plan and make much needed adjustments. Look closely at your personal story’s, think how you can learn from each and every “tragedy”. Then rewrite your story, your plan, your goal, and be better aware and accepting of criticism and advice.

I read somewhere that Objective Thinking can only be achieved by combining the perspective or points of view from several different minds. How can you see the entire sphere of influences when you can only see a straight line to its core, that reveals but one point on that central idea? And, the core idea mutates because subjected to everything that influences the sphere? Even when your peripheral vision sees other things of consequence that affect the overall plan, you can still only see one point of the results.

It takes practice to be so flexible with a goal and plan that is your possession. Most often it stays just a possession, and never becomes a reality. I’ve found that success is most easily possessed when shared with others, and everyone’s line of sight to the ever-growing core idea is accepted as valid. Heed all the Seers, assess the value of their words, then adjust things accordingly.

Strategist, Statesman, Leader, Seer, or Caesar. What combination best fits your story? And how will you change the plot for achieving success?

Have a Prosperous and reflective week.

Sincerely;

Steven L. Johnson