When a ship maintains a heading, it's rarely on course - almost always, it's just slightly off, and the helmsman makes a small correction, then goes off course again and makes another small correction. But a good helmsman gets the ship to port through the course of these small adjustments.
The only time you need to make a big correction is when you're way off course. But a good helmsman doesn't let that happen.
That means you've got to pay attention, even when it's not much fun. You monitor if things are heading in the right direciton. Catching budgets, crops, and employees when they've gotten a little off course is a lot easier than trying to spin that wheel round and round to make a major correction. Even if the ocean is boring - I've been there, and sometimes there's nothing but horizon and flat water as far as you can see - you've got to keep your hand on the wheel, and you have to keep steering the ship.
The only time you need to make a big correction is when you're way off course. But a good helmsman doesn't let that happen.
That means you've got to pay attention, even when it's not much fun. You monitor if things are heading in the right direciton. Catching budgets, crops, and employees when they've gotten a little off course is a lot easier than trying to spin that wheel round and round to make a major correction. Even if the ocean is boring - I've been there, and sometimes there's nothing but horizon and flat water as far as you can see - you've got to keep your hand on the wheel, and you have to keep steering the ship.
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