This Is Strategy
Strategy as a long commitment to a change, not as a set of tactics
Tactics change. The commitment underneath them should not, and that commitment is what Godin means by strategy: the change you want to make, the people you want to make it with, and a timeline long enough to matter. Chapters move through systems, games, time and empathy, circling back to four questions about who, what, which system and how long. A companion set of strategy questions sits free on his blog for anyone who wants the short version.
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Defines strategy as a philosophy of becoming rather than a set of tactics, and not as winning in the short run. What it takes, he says, is clarity about the change you want to make and who you want to change, then a long commitment to the process while the tactics keep moving.
Source: The Tim Ferriss Show #792 transcript
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