On the point of "don't lose sight of the big picture", I'll just say that this is one of the biggest mistakes people make, assuming they can't do anything with the details till the big picture has been fully "grocked". This leads to more decision-deadlock than any other factor in management.
Especially when you consider that "the big picture" is frequently the equivalent of a bunch of random paint thrown through a jet engine blast onto a canvas, and called "art": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFG1LOy0ehk
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