Originally posted on LinkedIn
When we look at the Milky Way, it appears as a smudge — because we’re seeing it from the inside. The vast majority of stars are invisible to us due to dust or sheer distance ⭐
Luis Felipe Barrientos Moreno shared this fact — which might sound obvious — during a talk. But then added: if you could step outside and look from the outside in… you’d see all the stars.
The external view is essential — day-to-day operations very quickly blind you to how to improve, because you’re too busy thinking about how to survive.
This applies to seeing how to improve our projects — yes.
But also to how we grow as people.
We need to find “consultants” for our projects and our lives who can see things from the outside — and tell us what they find.
As Barry put it — would you rather be nearsighted inside the galaxy, or be someone who sees the stars?