Most Companies Can Boost Sales From 30-100% in Just One to Two Years

Your teenage daughter, growing 4-6 inches per year, asks for two new pairs of sneakers.  She’s already outgrowing 3 pairs each year and these two, which are completely unnecessary, would keep her in fashionable footwear for only a few months.  It would make total sense for you to say, “Let’s wait a few months until you’ve stopped growing so fast.”
An employee asks for a new car, believing that an SUV crossover (not the Maserati in the picture!) would be more practical than a mid-size sedan.  There are 8 months left on the lease so it would be completely reasonable for you to say, “Sounds good.  Let’s make that change when the lease comes to an end in 8 months.”
In both 2012 and 2016, companies everywhere were telling salespeople, “We’re going to wait until after the election.”  There was tremendous uncertainty surrounding those two elections and companies