What 6 Strategic Planning questions are forgotten most of the time....?
- Rose Odette
- 4 days ago
- 2 min read
🧨 Daily Spark
Why Answering These 6 Questions Could Be the Best Strategy You Ever Execute
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You don’t need more fluff. You need clarity that cuts like a knife and gets results that roar. Brian Tracy nailed it with these 6 strategic questions — and if you don’t answer them, your competitors will answer for you.
💡 The 6 Strategic Questions That Separate the Serious from the Stuck
Where Are We Now?Lay it bare. Sales, profitability, trends, competitive position — don’t spin it. This is your strategic GPS. If you don’t know your starting point, any path looks good (until it drives off a cliff).
How Did We Get Here?Honesty check: what decisions actually led you here? What actions created your current success? What activities are just…dead weight?
⚠️ What are you doing that no longer moves the needle?
🔄 What’s in-house that should’ve been outsourced yesterday?
Where Do We Want to Go?Don’t think small. Think ideal. Think hell yes. If you could snap your fingers, what does that future company look like?Who are the clients?What’s your revenue?What’s your market position?What’s the culture?
How Do We Get There?Strategy is the GPS, tactics are the turns. Every new task = one step closer. List the moves, prioritize them, and start executing.This is your roadmap — one clear, detailed action step at a time.
What Obstacles Will We Have to Overcome?Here’s the kicker: constraints. Limiting factors. Bottlenecks. What’s slowing you down? Capital, talent, time, regulation?Identify the dragon. Then build the sword.
What Knowledge and Skills Are Still Missing?Strategy without capability is just a wish.
What must you learn?
Who must you hire?
What tech must you master?Then go scenario-deep:
In 3–5 years, what will customers expect?
What will competitors dominate?
What regulations will disrupt the game?
🎯 5 Ideals to Charge Toward
Strategy starts with truth, not ego.
Every activity must tie to growth or get cut.
Outsourcing is not weakness — it’s leverage.
Your future must be so clear it excites and scares you.
Planning for 3 different futures makes you bulletproof.
🔥 5 Action Steps for Today
Sit down and answer all 6 questions — no fluff, just facts.
Eliminate one unnecessary activity that’s not tied to profits.
Identify one role or task that must be outsourced now.
Write your 3 scenario plans (best case, most likely, worst case).
Commit to learning one new skill or tool that aligns with your next strategic move.
🧭 Conclusion
These six questions are your strategic lifeblood. Not answering them is like building a house without a blueprint — and wondering why it collapses. Brian Tracy gave us the skeleton. Your job is to muscle it out and charge like a bull into that ideal future.
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