The Forest or the Leaves?

Generally people are not obsessed with their work. Be it school work or office work, many do it because there is no other way round..

This thought post is not about them. It is not about the people who do just because they have to do, but about the people who love what they do and often go the extra mile to do some more…

Entrepreneurs, scientists, artists, mothers, fathers, generals and directors.. all of these people have to love what they do.. otherwise they wont survive for long.. Almost everyone from the above category often works harder than required because their delight knows no bounds when they are engrossed in their rituals..

However, the main question comes here – How do you balance between the details and the larger view ?

Almost any project has innumerable details to attend to and over-optimistic expectations to overcome.. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe quotes (German born American Architect. 1886-1969) that “God is in the details”. And someone else with as much authority proclaims that the real leader is the one who climbs the trees and cries out “Wrong jungle!!”..

Who do you pay attention to the most? The trivialities..? Or the major regions of concern ?