Quotes About Planning

I am very interested in and that is what Sun Tzu in his ancient Chinese text calls The Art of War.

Book marketing should be a planned process, an art if you will.

Picture all the money that I've gotten off tours. Now picture me plotting for more.

Normally my head is always filled with art ideas and things that I have to do, deadlines that I have to meet.

I had it all planned. Or, not planned exactly, but I'd planned to make plans. Plans were very much part of my plan.

Central planning was just not good at replacing what the great eighteenth-century economist Adam Smith called the "invisible hand" of the market. When the plan was formulated in tons of steel sheet, the sheet was made too heavy. When it was formulated in terms of area of steel sheet, the sheet was made too thin. When the plan for chandeliers was made in tons, they were so heavy, they could hardly hang from ceilings.

sólo los burócratas pueden pensar que el trabajo de planificación acaba con la creación del plan. La elaboración del plan es solamente el principio. El rumbo verdadero del plan se desarrolla solamente después de haberlo elaborado».

Stalin himself said in 1937 that "only bureaucrats can think that planning work ends with the creation of the plan. The creation of the plan is just the beginning. The real direction of the plan develops only after the putting together of the plan.

It'll be like a game of chess. We can let the game unfold as it did before, but if we want to avoid checkmate, we'll have to readjust the pieces a few moves shy of the finish.

It helps to know where you are going before you set out.

Sir," James asked, "what are we going to do?" "We're going to look for water," said Alf. "And food?" said Tubby Ted. "Water first," said Alf. "We can go days without food." "We can what?" Tubby Ted shouted.

He had made a series of foolish decisions in his life. He had not planned well. He had not had courage when he needed it. His decisions had been short sighted. The decisions of his peers had been short sighted. These decisions had been foolish and expedient.

Director of Ensuring the Future

At at any point in time, knowing what has to get done, and when, creates a terrain for maneuvering.

There are no interruptions, really—there are simply mismanaged occurrences.

But if you don't decide what needs to be done about your secretary's birthday, because it's "not that important" right now, that open loop will take up energy and prevent you from having a totally effective, clear focus on what is important.

Getting things done requires two basic components: defining (1) what "done" means (outcome) and (2) what "doing" looks like (action).

You can try it for yourself right now, if you like. Choose one project that is new or stuck or that could simply use some improvement. Think of your purpose. Think of what a successful outcome would look like: where would you be physically, financially, in terms of reputation, or whatever? Brainstorm potential steps. Organize your ideas. Decide on the next actions. Are you any clearer about where you want to go and how to get there?

That said, there's absolutely nothing wrong with creating a quick, informal, short list of "if I have time, I'd really like to . . ." kinds of things, picked from your Next Actions inventory.

Lots of people have been making lists for years but have never found the procedure to be particularly effective.

When time itself turned into a work factor, personal calendars became a key work tool.

sort of planning activity: (1) those that still have your attention even after you've determined their next actions, and (2) those about which potentially

contexto, tiempo disponible, energía disponible y prioridad.

A Projects list Project support material Calendar actions and information Next Actions lists A Waiting For list Reference material A Someday/Maybe list