The debate has been raging for centuries; men or women who is better strategic thinkers? My friends think I am crazy to to try to settle the issues. Really I am not trying to settle the issue nor am I attempting to throw my hat into the ring. I am simply proffering my opinion.
Now the question again: are men better strategic thinkers than women? The surprising answer is that there is no straight forward answer to this question. The fact that there is no straight forward answer to this question is the main reason why this issue remains unsettled to this day.
Before we can answer that question successfully we must understand the difference in personalities of both man and woman. To begin with men are not the realistic beings they are made out to be. Please do not get me wrong I am not questioning their capacity for realism. As a matter of fact men are fundamentally realistic beings. The problem with men is that they allow themselves to be carried away with idealism. Forever dreaming of a idyllic world and working towards achieving it. In their quest to achieve this utopian conditions they often underestimate the challenges facing them. Women on the other hand is also dreaming of a better world but they tend to be more realistic in analyzing the challenges they will face as they attempt to fulfill their desires.
Also women being the gregarious people they are they tend to discuss their ideas with others and with others giving their input they tend to remain more realistic. Men on the other hand tend to be solitary and live in their own world and would only discuss their plans with like minded individuals if any at all.
History is replete with examples of men setting out to build empires but failing in the attempt. The landscape of history is also awash with unfinished castle that men set out to build but failed.
Men also tend to be too grandiose in their programs. Women on the other hand tend to be more modest. Men also generally overestimate their abilities. Women generally underestimate themselves. Also men get carried away with overconfidence while women are always doubting their chances of success.
Now that we have cleared up a few things about man and woman let’s get back to the question: who is better strategic thinkers men or women? The more appropriate question is: who use it more efficiently? To think strategically means to think or plan with the end in mind. In other words all decisions considered and executed must bear absolutely towards the chosen goal. It cannot be considered strategic planning or strategic thinking if your goal is to get to New York but you are on a plane heading to Paris. That will be laughable!
Men are indeed great strategic thinkers. Their success over the centuries established that to be an unassailable fact. Men strategic thinking has a downside they are easily distracted. Likely this the one critical difference between man an women. Women are not easily distracted. While it is true men have made astronomical progress over the centuries it not necessarily because of their immense capacity for strategic planning. Many times their success was because one man made an incredible breakthrough followed by an avalanche of successes made by other men in similar breakthroughs. In other words one man got a eureka moment and the others fell in line. May I make clear it is not that the other men were not thinking strategically it maybe that they were off course or were not focused enough.
Women on the other hand do indeed think strategically but their fight tend to be in a different arena. Women with a few notable exceptions are generally not interested in building empires or making scientific breakthroughs. Whatever their chosen field of endeavor they tend to be very focused and definitely not easily distracted.
The one thing that easily distract men is their intense desire for romantic fulfillment. Something that does not easily distract women. This is the main reason why as women get older they appear to be less interested in sex and may find it a little more difficult to get an orgasm. It is not that they are less interested in romance rather it because whatever is the other endeavors taking place in their lives they tend to be so focused or strategically thinking on it or planning for it that romance tend to take a back seat.
Men on the other hand remain very much interested in their romantic life regardless of what is happening around them or in their own lives. That is the main reason why ever so often you can hear of some lady getting pregnant for him even though he seemed so successful and focused in his career. To be fair regardless of how old he is once he is successful there will always be a lady sinisterly waiting in his shadows.