No amount of coaching or optimization can help someone navigate in London with the map of New York. It would be wasted effort everyone involved. This example makes it blindingly obvious.
And yet, it is so easy to fall into this trap in our day-to-day. Navigating today’s challenges with yesterday’s assumptions, attempting to solve tomorrow’s problems with outdated mental models, and so on.
Take the time to make sure you’re working with the right map. The rest are micro-optimizations in comparison.
