A plan sets out the detailed steps and actions you will take to achieve the desired outcome. Be it eating healthy, developing a product, or starting a new personal or professional venture; our plans guide us. It typically begins with a clear vision of where we want to get to, and we outline the simplest and most effective path to take to attain the goal. That approach is a pragmatic one, and for a simple task, that is all we need to do. Yet, for more complex and detailed endeavors, this will rarely suffice. For all too often, the best of plans will come undone. When that occurs, we are in complete disarray.
Now, if we start our plan as we typically do and ask ourselves, ‘what may go wrong, we inevitably raise several potential parameters and challenges to consider to work towards our outcome. During this assessment, our plan will likely alter, and we may even modify the end goal. This pragmatic mindset could help uncover hidden gems, or at very least avert potential landmines. It is thinking about negative eventualities that creates a more robust plan and ensures that we are well prepared when we encounter a challenge.
With some thought, and planning, could your challenges be met with, “that’s no problem, I have it covered.”
