long view
Thinking beyond today
The long view is a perspective that considers extended time horizons and distant consequences rather than immediate results.
Someone who takes the long view on investments accepts short-term losses for future gains.
It's hard to take the long view when you're struggling to pay rent.
The phrase often implies patience and strategic thinking.
- big pictureOverall perspective on things
- the big pictureComprehensive view of situation
- farsightedAnticipating future needs
- futureTime still to come
- down the roadAt a future point
time horizon · foresight · stewardship · legacy · generational · systems thinking · hindsight · patience · perspective · visionary · think ahead · strategy · outlook · anticipation · deep time · seven generations · overview · forest for the trees
- big picturebig picture, overview, whole picture, gestalt, panorama
long viewshort-term thinking
Focus on immediate outcomes
shortsightedness · myopia · short-termism · nearsightedness · immediate gratification
long viewnarrow view
Restricted way of thinking
tunnel vision · limited perspective · missing the forest for the trees · parochialism · navel-gazing