Obliquity is necessary because we live in an world of uncertainty and complexity; the problems we encounter aren’t always clear – and we often can’t pinpoint what our goals are anyway; circumstances change; people change – and are infuriatingly hard to predict; and direct approaches are often unimaginative
My experience says that all those direct concepts they taught me provided a great framework, but as I have discovered they could not help me enjoy things as should be
In addition ,I have realized that the most important goals in my life are achieved indirectly. Every time it happened I called it:
“ a miracle” - now I have discovered that this theory confirms what I have been doing and experiencing.
if you want to go in one direction, the best route may involve going in another. This is the concept of “obliquity” and the eponymous title of the book.Many goals are more likely to be achieved when pursued indirectly – “whether overcoming geographical obstacles, winning decisive battles or meeting sales targets, history shows that oblique approaches are the most successful.
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