I watched a pelican today; graciously gliding in the air with only one focus; the next fish.

It does not rush, it is patient and aware of the unpredictability of the shallow water and the anticipated quandaries below the surface.

A couple of dips and weaves, all unfortunately premature; as if it realizes there is no bloody way I am getting that one.

The Pelican is smart, opens up his feathers and flies higher to see if there are other achievable goals; only after he quickly realized that the prey originally identified is inaccessible and not worth the energy needed to be unsuccessful. How often do we jump quickly after the next goal / reward without accessing the probability that we can get there.

How many goals do we blindly afford all of our efforts with no bloody hope of getting there, yet it appears we are hypnotized with the goal (because we have set it and we are not going to fail)

Why do we not continually review the situation like the pelican and identify another goal (that may be the same path to the ideal state) that we have a higher likelihood to achieve?

Isn't it amazing that nature has given us so many lessons that are unfortunately oblivious to is in our driven journey of life!

We can to look to the Toyota Kata process for inspiration .

Understanding the ideal state ( I need to eat fish to survive), the current process condition (ain't no way I'm getting that fish) and the target process condition (how do I get the next fish)....

We can learn a lot from this !