Whatever it is we’re pursuing, what we really want is control of the timeline of the pursuit.
We, appropriately, don’t think we’ll achieve the big thing all at once or in the next day or week. But frustration mounts when the timeline isn’t what we hoped for. When the plan isn’t going as planned. When the incremental achievements are taking years instead of months.
We want results but even more than that we’re in the pursuit of controlling when and how we get the results.