On a recent trip to Sth Africa I was taken by helicopter from Jburg to Sun City. During the flight I needed glasses to do some video filming and so the pilot of the chopper took his off and gave them to me.
I remonstrated with him that he needed them to read his instruments but he said he only needed to do that for take off and landing. The rest of the time he flew by feel and bigger picture vision.
I was struck by how true that is in life.
Usually you only need to read all the details and the fine print at the beginning or the end of an adventure.
The rest of the time we should be flying high and using our big picture vision.
People who are continually needing to read the fine print often get bogged down in technicalities and procedures and often don’t achieve much in life.
Check out if you are still flying high enjoying some great adventure flight or if you are tied down with all the fine print and details all the time.
Big picture people overlook the small stuff. They are not careless but they do know how to run with momentum once they get something up and going.
Funny thing was that the pilot gave me the glasses when we landed in Sun City – so God only knows how he read the dials for takeoff and landing on the way home.
Perhaps he had learned his craft well enough to recognize the signs without having to see every small detail.
Stop checking every detail of everything you do – by now you should be able to fly blindfolded you have done it so many times.
Point being made – check the details well when you start some grand flight, but once you are up and running fly high with big picture vision and enjoy the flight.
