Shifting perspective as a founder

The Sistine Chapel is 40.9 metres (134 ft) long by 13.4 metres (44 ft) wide and about 20 metres in height. Michelangelo painted one of the most famous frescos from 1535 to 1541. The Last Judgement covers a large area behind the altar, representing one of the most iconic views of the room.
How do you paint a vibrant and detailed fresco on such a large area without losing track of the original vision? Of course, you have to have talent, time and supportive funding. But as a painter, you must shift your point of view plenty of time. Getting so close to the wall to define the shades on the hands of every character and so far to see the broader picture and divide the space into several areas that still merge into a single fresco.

That's precisely the same challenge every founder has. Your day-to-day operations will bring you as close as possible to your activities, where you will naturally spend most of your time. There is also where there will be the most apparent urgencies and things that need to be solved.
However, to get your company blossoming, you need to make sure you have the right foundations: talent, time, supportive funding and a strong vision. And most of all, you should zoom out to see the overall picture and how your company is developing. There is nothing more dangerous than spending months running and fixing things "close to the wall" while losing track of how the whole picture is growing and if there is any area that needs your attention (even if it is absent from your daily focus right now).

How to do that? Book slots in your calendar, connect them to specific places/activities that you can connect to that shift of perspective and maybe do it with someone not so ingrained in your daily activities. It is not going to happen naturally on its own.

P.S. Thank you, Rebecca, for linking painting to entrepreneurship in the last mentoring session!