Information-Action Gap
How wide is my Information-Action Gap?
The time lag between receiving information and acting on that information is what I call the Information-Action Gap.
If it's wide, there's a long delay between information and action.
If it's thin, there's a short delay between information and action.
An observation about the highest-performing people I've been around:
They have a razor-thin Information-Action Gap.
They gather information and advice like the rest of us, but unlike most, they also act on it almost immediately.
Note that action can come in various forms:
Process and reject new information or advice as unuseful.
Follow up on new information to dig deeper.
Teach new insight to someone to cement learnings.
Incorporate new information into existing routines and process.
The key is that new information does not lie fallow—uncultivated, unused, unproductive—for very long.
Here's a helpful framing:
If information isn't nurtured with action, it loses its power.
Nurture all new information and your progress will accelerate.
