Many Confuse Sense Of Urgency With Sense Of Emergency

In business and startups, a "sense of urgency" is a good thing. Yet many entrepreneurs confuse this with a "sense of emergency," which insidiously saps the life from their business. Urgency comes from a greater purpose focused outward, to make good things happen, while handling emergencies is a reactionary inward approach to saving ourselves from the daily crisis.

Martin Zwilling

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