Will you get back to fundamental basics?

Your Friday Trigger Question (tq102)

Jan 6

At the start of a new year, many people resolve to get back to basics. It's an easy way of identifying the fashionable, yet practical, number of resolutions you must trumpet on social media.

What with see-saw economies, topsy-turvy politics, volatile weather, and demanding employees, even some executives yearn to get their organizations back to basics.

But what does it mean to "get back to basics"?

We glibly use the phrase but we don't bother to clarify which basics. Getting back to basics only makes sense if you know which basics are fundamental to your business. Or to your life.

Fundamental? What is that? Ah, there's the rub. Because it’s up to you to decide. I suggest you keep it simple, like my two examples:

For your organization: a fundamental is key to the wallets of your customers.
For you: a fundamental is key to your wellbeing.

But heed this. You could name several things that are vital to your life and to your organization. However, vital is not the same as fundamental. Fundamental is what you build on. It's the foundation that supports your vitals. (For example, breathing is vital to your wellbeing. Fitness improves your breathing. Hence, fitness is a fundamental.)