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Stop Blaming Strategy. Start Blaming Yourself.

Success isn’t about perfect strategies. It’s about being the kind of person who can carry a strategy.

HIRAV SHAH

t’s easy to point fingers at plans,
market trends, or your team. But
Ithe toughest—and most free-
ing—truth is this: Your growth begins
the moment you stop blaming the
strategy and start blaming yourself.

What Is Strategy, really?
• At its core, strategy is just a roadmap. Even the best GPS won’t help If the driver is distracted, doubtful, lazy, or refuses to follow directions (File photo)
It’s a plan designed to get you from
where you are to where you want just assume they’d figure it out? How to Fix It Now (Instead of Com- • Are you adjusting based on feed-
to be. • Did I give up too soon… or was I plaining Later)
• But even the best GPS won’t help… never truly all in? Here’s what to do next: back? Are you operating from a
place of clarity or emotional noise?
If the driver is distracted, doubtful, If you can’t answer with full 1. Audit yourself before you audit the Working hard without direction
lazy, or refuses to follow directions. honesty, the problem isn’t the plan. If your habits are broken, no is just expensive confusion.
“Strategy gives direction. But
strategy will save you.
only you can give it momentum.” plan—it’s the person. 2. Become your strategy’s best exec- Q4: How can I stay aligned when the
Replace the Blame Game With utor. Stop treating plans like life- journey gets tough?
The Real Reason Your Business or Use the 6+3+2 checklist:
Life Is Stuck This Framework boats. You have to row. • Am I doing the right things daily
• Let’s not sugarcoat it. • Success isn’t about perfect strat- 3. Commit beyond motivation. Most (Hard Work, Execution)?
egies. t’s about being the kind of
people don’t fail because they
• You probably had a great plan. person who can carry a strategy. didn’t know what to do. They failed • Is my head in the right place
You might have even paid a consul- • That’s where the 6+3+2 Formula because they stopped doing it. (Mindset)?
tant or built a killer deck. • Am I showing Hunger, Consisten-
• But if your execution was comes in: FAQs cy, Dedication? Am I innovating
half-hearted… If your 6 Core Forces: Your Strategy Didn’t Fail, You Did? and marketing, or hiding?
mindset was messed up… • Hard Work Q5: Can I rebuild after repeated failures?
If your hunger died after the first • Mindset Q1: How do I know if the strategy is ac- Absolutely. In fact, most success
challenge… tually bad or if I’m the problem?
• Don’t blame the blueprint. • Skills Look at execution first. If you stories were once blame stories—un-
til the founder took ownership.
Blame the builder. • Strategy haven’t consistently implemented “Failure doesn’t hurt your fu-
“Businesses don’t fail because • Execution the plan for at least 60–90 days with
of bad strategy. They fail because • Luck full focus and follow-through, the ture. Refusing to learn from it does.”
the person in charge couldn’t stay problem is likely you, not the plan. Final Reminder:
aligned long enough to make it 3 Inner Drivers: Q2: What should I fix first—my mind- • Stop searching for a secret formula.
work.” • Hunger set or my execution? Start becoming the person who can
• Dedication
The Mirror Test: Are You the Reason? • Consistency Mindset comes first. Because make any formula work.
Ask yourself: without belief, even great execution • Because your strategy only wins
• Did I show up every day, or only 2 Growth Catalysts: feels like a burden. But once your mind when you stop escaping responsibil-
when I felt like it? • Innovation is right, execution becomes natural. ity and start embracing your power.
• Did I adapt the strategy when • Marketing Q3: What if I’ve been working hard but The writer is a well known Business
needed, or just complain it wasn’t “Even an average strategy will still not seeing results? Turnaround Specialist, Astro Strategist,
working? win—if the person behind it oper- Then check these: and BestSelling Author.
• Did I hold my team accountable, or ates at peak alignment.” • Are you measuring the right metrics? [email protected]

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