Question: Should I plan for the future? Or focus on what I need to do today? Answer: Yes.

Being able to focus on what you need to have in place for the future is a good thing. It’s good in that you can’t be successful without it.
The challenge is that thinking 3 steps ahead too often will get you into trouble as you can lose site of the things you need to execute on today.
I’ve always said the hardest thing in business (especially in a startup) is to ‘execute effectively today while also building tomorrow’. Most people have it in their nature to do one or the other.
To be really successful, you need to do both. At the same time. - Full Post