Big picture vs little picture

Big Picture vs little picture? I’m not sure what I see things as; I guess it depends on the situation. I think to see a little picture first you need the whole thing. You focus on the little picture to correct, or adjust, and to gather details, but you need the big picture for it to all make sense. I heard a saying: Set short term goals and you’ll win games. Set long term goals and you’ll win championships. Its when actors set a goal for years ahead to win an Oscar, but the small picture of the fine detail that would be the short term is to first get elected. The small picture makes everything count. I like knowing the little details. I hate surprises and when authors leave me on a cliffhanger. I like to know everything that is going on. But on the other hand, the big picture helps me see as a whole and can help me make better decisions. I always wanted to skip diving practice and in the small picture it wouldn’t be bad missing a few here or there, but in the Big picture I could have learned something totally new that one day that would help me for the rest of the season that I would have missed. Sometimes you need to step back and look at everything as a whole to decide if it’s the right thing to do.