Inside the Strategy Room 134. Richard Rumelt on what separates good strategy from bad
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Sep 22, 2022 
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Strategic Choice and Focus
- Make clear choices instead of creating long priority lists to avoid finessing decisions.
- Focus your energy and resources on solving a few crucial problems.
Ambition vs. Strategy
- Bad strategy often arises from confusing ambitions with actual strategy, treating strategy as a marketing tool.
- True strategy involves problem-solving and overcoming obstacles to achieve goals.
Climbing the Dondenvillage
- Rumelt shares his experience of climbing the Dondenvillage, realizing he needed to re-evaluate his priorities.
- This illustrates the pain and necessity of making choices and committing to a course of action.