"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time"

"Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude."

<ol><li>Vision: they use a mix of logic and creativity to define ambitious but rigorous visions of what needs to be achieved. </li><li>Framework: taking into account their own biases, timeline and resources, they can define their objectives and develop multiple action plans.</li><li>Perceptiveness: they observe and understand the world from all the different perspectives. </li><li>Assertiveness: They’re good at evaluating, deciding and promptly executing their decisions without letting doubts fog their vision. </li><li>Flexibility: they seek advice to compensate for their weaknesses and then twist their ideas and framework to achieve their goals. But they are flexible without breaking the rules. </li><li>Emotional Balance: they are aware and balance their emotions so as to favor the achievement of their goals. </li><li>Patience: they understand that most achievements are a long-term endeavor involving various milestones and a lot of effort. </li></ol>

7 Characteristics Of Strategic Thinkers

Defined as the process that determines the manner in which people think about, assess, view, and create the future for themselves and others. It’s a combination of mindset and techniques that determines one’s ability to know their goal and how to achieve it.Strategic thinkers are highly sought after for leadership positions and are able to imagine the big picture, identify the possible impact of their decisions and project the way to get there.

Strategic Thinking

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Life as business are both long-term races. They require to fully commit to the present while seeing through years ahead in order to define and achieve the best of the future. They require to embrace today while deciding on objectives, understanding the options, creating possible alternative scenarios and situations and determining the direction to be followed. They require strategic thinking.
Defined as the process that determines the manner in which people think about, assess, view, and create the future for themselves and others, strategic thinking is basically the ability to know what you want to achieve and how to achieve it. Developing a strategic approach is not always easy as it is as much a mindset as a set of techniques. However, it does result in the main difference between an average and an exceptional achiever.
Success and achievement can not just be left to hazard. <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fpalomacanterogomez%2F2019%2F02%2F05%2Fthe-7-critical-skills-of-successful-strategic-thinkers%2F&amp;text=97%25%20of%2010000%20senior%20executives%20chose%20%23strategy%20as%20the%20most%20critical%20%23leadership%20%23behavior%C2%A0to%20organizations%27%20%23success.">In a study conducted by Harvard Bussiness Review, 97% of the 10,000 senior executives asked chose strategy as the most critical leadership behavior to their organizations' future success.</a> Strategic thinkers are able to imagine the big picture, identify the possible impact of their decisions and project the way to get there. These are the seven traces that define them all.
 <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fpalomacanterogomez%2F2019%2F02%2F05%2Fthe-7-critical-skills-of-successful-strategic-thinkers%2F&amp;text=%23Strategic%23%20thinkers%20are%20able%20to%20%23create%20and%20stick%20to%20a%20very%20%23clear%20%23visioning%20%23process.">Strategic thinkers are able to create and stick to a very clear visioning process.</a> Using both the left (logical) and right (creative) sides of their brain, they defined an ambitious but rigorous vision of what needs to be achieved. A clear, positive and big enough vision is what inspires for action and pulls in ideas, people and other resources. A vision is what enables commitment and moves the needed energy to make it happen. In this way, strategic thinkers are visionary leaders. They see the potential for how the world should exist and take steps to get there.
"The purpose of life is a life of purpose" (Robert Byrne)
Vision should be carefully embedded within a framework. Successful strategic thinkers have the ability to define their objectives and develop an action plan with goals broken down into tasks specifically measured in terms of timeline and resources. They set up deadlines and they commit to them. Self-aware enough, they are conscious of their own biases and factor their own circumstances, perspectives, and points of view within this framework. This helps them to ensure that their own backgrounds are not an impediment but a boost to their goals. Their framework envisions always a plan A, B, and C that drives them all to the same expected result. They factor all possible ways within a reasonable timeline for action.
 <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fpalomacanterogomez%2F2019%2F02%2F05%2Fthe-7-critical-skills-of-successful-strategic-thinkers%2F&amp;text=%23Strategic%20%23thinkers%20are%20able%20to%20look%20around%20and%20%23understand%20the%20%23world%20from%20all%20the%20%23different%20%23perspectives.">Strategic thinkers are able to look around and understand the world from all the different perspectives.</a> They listen, hear and read between the lines. They observe before forming a judgment and absorb and make use of the different angles that could be helpful for better guidance. They understand peoples' intentions, hopes, and desires and play with them in a symbiotic way that could help all to achieve greater. They recognize internal and external clues that may sharp and clear the direction to be taken. They are able to grasp the perfect match and put together all the pieces of the puzzle. They are able to feel the breeze because they know that big achievements are just the collection of all the different angles.
They are good at decision-making. After a comprehensive evaluation, they chose the way to go and walk firmly into it without vacillation. They may doubt but they do not let the doubts to fog the vision. They communicate effectively what they want and need by using clear orders while simultaneously respecting the thoughts and wishes of others. They are able to react appropriately under pressure and reduce anxiety by sticking to their decision and avoiding excessive questioning. Through high levels of confidence and self-esteem, they receive both compliments and critics in a constructive way. They defend their points of view without harming others and manage to convince without force or hostility. They are easily followed.
"Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude" (Zig Ziglar)
Strategic thinkers are clearly aware of their weaknesses so they are committed to seeking the advice of others. They are humble enough to be flexible and twist their ideas and framework as to truly achieve the desired vision. They do not confuse flexibility with lack of structure. They accept the rules of the game because they are aware that without rules there is no fair game. Strategic thinkers are flexible thinkers what allows them to shift gears and think about something in more than one way and develop different strategies. Along with working memory and self-control, flexible thinking is one of the three main executive skills allowing to properly manage thoughts, actions, and emotions to get things done.
"Life is a sum of all our choices" (Albert Camus)
 <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fpalomacanterogomez%2F2019%2F02%2F05%2Fthe-7-critical-skills-of-successful-strategic-thinkers%2F&amp;text=%23Strategic%20%23thinkers%20are%20able%20to%20%23balance%20their%20%23emotions%20in%20a%20way%20that%20favors%20the%20%23achievement%20of%20ultimate%20%23goals.">Strategic thinkers are able to balance their emotions in a way that always favors the achievement of the ultimate goals.</a> They are aware of their emotions, they are able to name them when they arrive, they do not react to them as an important element of accepting them and just when they are over control of them, they take a decision. Whether they received positive or negative feedback, they are able to deal with it, understand and respond in a way that protects and progresses toward their desired outcome. They are able to control and master the three drivers of any emotional state. They stand tall and breathe fully as part of their physiological reaction. They think positive and look for the opportunity as part of their psychological reaction. They are kind, compassionate and optimistic whenever facing their language response. Strategic thinkers are tremendously creative but they are able to balance this creativity with pragmatism through a sense of realism and honesty about actuality. They are realistic optimists.
 7. Patience Strategic thinkers do not ignore that achievement is a long-term ride. Milestones have all a concrete time and moment. And success is the result of a process of strategically planned work and efforts. Strategic thinkers have the ability to be patient. They do not rush conclusions. They do not bet it all at once. They invest their energies in a way that is sustainable and led by a long-term vision. They have learned to wait.
"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time" (Leo Tolstoy)
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In a study conducted by Harvard Bussiness Review, a 97% of the 10,000 senior executives selected, chose strategy as the most critical leadership behavior to their organizations' future success. Achievement is open to strategic thinkers. These are the seven traces that define them all.

Career

Life as business are both long-term races. They require to fully commit to the present while seeing through years ahead in order to define and achieve the best of the future. They require to embrace today while deciding on objectives, understanding the options, creating possible alternative scenarios and situations and determining the direction to be followed. They require strategic thinking.

Defined as the process that determines the manner in which people think about, assess, view, and create the future for themselves and others, strategic thinking is basically the ability to know what you want to achieve and how to achieve it. Developing a strategic approach is not always easy as it is as much a mindset as a set of techniques. However, it does result in the main difference between an average and an exceptional achiever.

Success and achievement can not just be left to hazard. <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fpalomacanterogomez%2F2019%2F02%2F05%2Fthe-7-critical-skills-of-successful-strategic-thinkers%2F&amp;text=97%25%20of%2010000%20senior%20executives%20chose%20%23strategy%20as%20the%20most%20critical%20%23leadership%20%23behavior%C2%A0to%20organizations%27%20%23success.">In a study conducted by Harvard Bussiness Review, 97% of the 10,000 senior executives asked chose strategy as the most critical leadership behavior to their organizations' future success. </a>Strategic thinkers are able to imagine the big picture, identify the possible impact of their decisions and project the way to get there. These are the seven traces that define them all.

<a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fpalomacanterogomez%2F2019%2F02%2F05%2Fthe-7-critical-skills-of-successful-strategic-thinkers%2F&amp;text=%23Strategic%23%20thinkers%20are%20able%20to%20%23create%20and%20stick%20to%20a%20very%20%23clear%20%23visioning%20%23process.">Strategic thinkers are able to create and stick to a very clear visioning process. </a>Using both the left (logical) and right (creative) sides of their brain, they defined an ambitious but rigorous vision of what needs to be achieved. A clear, positive and big enough vision is what inspires for action and pulls in ideas, people and other resources. A vision is what enables commitment and moves the needed energy to make it happen. In this way, strategic thinkers are visionary leaders. They see the potential for how the world should exist and take steps to get there.

"The purpose of life is a life of purpose" (Robert Byrne) Vision should be carefully embedded within a framework. Successful strategic thinkers have the ability to define their objectives and develop an action plan with goals broken down into tasks specifically measured in terms of timeline and resources. They set up deadlines and they commit to them. Self-aware enough, they are conscious of their own biases and factor their own circumstances, perspectives, and points of view within this framework. This helps them to ensure that their own backgrounds are not an impediment but a boost to their goals. Their framework envisions always a plan A, B, and C that drives them all to the same expected result. They factor all possible ways within a reasonable timeline for action.

<a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fpalomacanterogomez%2F2019%2F02%2F05%2Fthe-7-critical-skills-of-successful-strategic-thinkers%2F&amp;text=%23Strategic%20%23thinkers%20are%20able%20to%20look%20around%20and%20%23understand%20the%20%23world%20from%20all%20the%20%23different%20%23perspectives.">Strategic thinkers are able to look around and understand the world from all the different perspectives. </a>They listen, hear and read between the lines. They observe before forming a judgment and absorb and make use of the different angles that could be helpful for better guidance. They understand peoples' intentions, hopes, and desires and play with them in a symbiotic way that could help all to achieve greater. They recognize internal and external clues that may sharp and clear the direction to be taken. They are able to grasp the perfect match and put together all the pieces of the puzzle. They are able to feel the breeze because they know that big achievements are just the collection of all the different angles.

They are good at decision-making. After a comprehensive evaluation, they chose the way to go and walk firmly into it without vacillation. They may doubt but they do not let the doubts to fog the vision. They communicate effectively what they want and need by using clear orders while simultaneously respecting the thoughts and wishes of others. They are able to react appropriately under pressure and reduce anxiety by sticking to their decision and avoiding excessive questioning. Through high levels of confidence and self-esteem, they receive both compliments and critics in a constructive way. They defend their points of view without harming others and manage to convince without force or hostility. They are easily followed.

"Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude" (Zig Ziglar) Strategic thinkers are clearly aware of their weaknesses so they are committed to seeking the advice of others. They are humble enough to be flexible and twist their ideas and framework as to truly achieve the desired vision. They do not confuse flexibility with lack of structure. They accept the rules of the game because they are aware that without rules there is no fair game. Strategic thinkers are flexible thinkers what allows them to shift gears and think about something in more than one way and develop different strategies. Along with working memory and self-control, flexible thinking is one of the three main executive skills allowing to properly manage thoughts, actions, and emotions to get things done.

"Life is a sum of all our choices" (Albert Camus) <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fpalomacanterogomez%2F2019%2F02%2F05%2Fthe-7-critical-skills-of-successful-strategic-thinkers%2F&amp;text=%23Strategic%20%23thinkers%20are%20able%20to%20%23balance%20their%20%23emotions%20in%20a%20way%20that%20favors%20the%20%23achievement%20of%20ultimate%20%23goals.">Strategic thinkers are able to balance their emotions in a way that always favors the achievement of the ultimate goals. </a>They are aware of their emotions, they are able to name them when they arrive, they do not react to them as an important element of accepting them and just when they are over control of them, they take a decision. Whether they received positive or negative feedback, they are able to deal with it, understand and respond in a way that protects and progresses toward their desired outcome. They are able to control and master the three drivers of any emotional state. They stand tall and breathe fully as part of their physiological reaction. They think positive and look for the opportunity as part of their psychological reaction. They are kind, compassionate and optimistic whenever facing their language response. Strategic thinkers are tremendously creative but they are able to balance this creativity with pragmatism through a sense of realism and honesty about actuality. They are realistic optimists.

Strategic thinkers do not ignore that achievement is a long-term ride. Milestones have all a concrete time and moment. And success is the result of a process of strategically planned work and efforts. Strategic thinkers have the ability to be patient. They do not rush conclusions. They do not bet it all at once. They invest their energies in a way that is sustainable and led by a long-term vision. They have learned to wait.

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