Strategy vs Tactic

Tactics are how you achieve strategies. That statement is not always true. Strategies are not plans. Strategies are not really goals either. Strategies are a way of looking at things. Strategies are a kind of filter or a focus that allow you to use resources, plans, goals and tactics to change things to be what you want them to be.

Budget cuts and taxes are tactics. A balanced budget is a goal. The thing with dates and time lines is a plan. How to govern is the strategy.

Working for a living is a tactic. Planning your life for your success is a strategy.

Dieting is a tactic. Eating healthy food is a tactic. Exorcise is a tactic. Living longer and staying healthy longer in your life is a goal. Changing your life to be a healthier person is a strategy.

Suicide attacks are a symptom of people feeling they have no way out.

The next time someone asks you to do something you do not want to do, tell them that this tactic does not fit your current strategy for achieving your end goal. When they ask you what your end goal is, tell them it is none of their business.