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There's Nothing Wrong in Having a Plan

by xohaibx
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Just read this juicy tidbit on Seth Godin's Blog

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There's nothing wrong with having a plan.

Plans are great.

But missions are better. Missions survive when plans fail, and plans almost always fail.

- Seth Godin

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Totally love Seth's simple style of packaging and executing such powerful knowledge in tiny little capsules. No wonder I've always been his fan!
#plan #wrong
  • Profile picture of the author BloggingPro
    To add...

    The best entrepreneurs always have a plan B... even if plan B is you just "winging it" based off previous experience.

    In terms of a mission... it never goes as planned. This is where your knowledge comes into play, which causes you to act upon pure instinct.
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    • Profile picture of the author xohaibx
      Originally Posted by BloggingPro View Post

      To add...

      The best entrepreneurs always have a plan B... even if plan B is you just "winging it" based off previous experience.

      In terms of a mission... it never goes as planned. This is where your knowledge comes into play, which causes you to act upon pure instinct.
      Having a Plan B does make sense. But sometimes your plan B also gets altered on the way as you take action.

      So the key to make things happen is to be flexible and not be rigid in any way.
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      • Profile picture of the author BloggingPro
        Originally Posted by Mustafa Khundmiri View Post

        Having a Plan B does make sense. But sometimes your plan B also gets altered on the way as you take action.

        So the key to make things happen is to be flexible and not be rigid in any way.
        Well I think the best businessmen have a rigid backbone. There are just certain things we won't do. In this case lets say that plan B means using some black hat tactics. I'd personally pass on that.

        It's a tough thing to balance though. How far on the darkside are you willing to venture to see success. It's a variable answer. What I would do you may not or vice versa.

        An entrepreneur has to make some seriously tough decisions when running a business. And often it is not black and white and there are always pros and cons to the equation.

        Creating action is one thing, but if you create the wrong action you could do more damage than good. This is where experience comes into play and is honestly why I always listen to someone who is much more experienced than me in terms of running a business.
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        • Profile picture of the author xohaibx
          Originally Posted by BloggingPro View Post

          Well I think the best businessmen have a rigid backbone. There are just certain things we won't do. In this case lets say that plan B means using some black hat tactics. I'd personally pass on that.

          It's a tough thing to balance though. How far on the darkside are you willing to venture to see success. It's a variable answer. What I would do you may not or vice versa.

          An entrepreneur has to make some seriously tough decisions when running a business. And often it is not black and white and there are always pros and cons to the equation.

          Creating action is one thing, but if you create the wrong action you could do more damage than good. This is where experience comes into play and is honestly why I always listen to someone who is much more experienced than me in terms of running a business.
          I agree that you need to have a strong backbone as a businessman and be level headed. But at the same time if you refuse to let go of your initial plan in favor of a better idea, then you're seriously damaging your chances of making it big.

          If you look around, you'll find that there are many successful companies that started with a basic plan to do something, but ended up doing something else - something much bigger.

          Does that mean they failed? No, they just changed. They took the risk. A leap of faith. And THAT requires guts.
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  • Profile picture of the author wiljep
    I think you should always not just make regular plans but also make a plan which determines what to do if xxx or xxx happens.(good or bad)
    Example: "If my Paypal account gets limited I will ...." "If my server goes down i will ....", " If my WSO gets WSO of the day and make $10,000 in a day I will ... "(transfer funds asap?, call Paypal and tell them why this is happening, have a back up Paypal account in case of emergency?) etc. Try to plan for the unexpected(because it will happen!)
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