… it is hard to remember that your plan was to drain the swamp!  I spent this afternoon on a mission to rehome some fish including a large koi.  I arrived to discover about a thousand litres of green sludge, the colour of pea soup but somewhat less fragrant!  There was no way to see the fish let alone catch them, so we had to ‘drain the swamp’.  Bucket-by-bucket, I bailed out this pond till we could rescue the fish. 

Sometimes one just has to drain the swamp even when one is up to one’s backside in gators!  It is hard to step back; it is hard to remember ones strategic focus but one of the jobs of a real leader is to help people maintain their strategic focus.  If it is you that is in the swamp, then it is doubly important.

 “Our thoughts create our reality — where we put our focus is the direction we tend to go.”   Peter McWilliams

“Focus on your potential instead of your limitations”  Alan Loy McGinnis