Preparation is essential, but even more essential is the willingness to let go of a plan in a flash and off in a revised direction.
Tom Peters ( perhaps influenced by John Boyd United States Air Force fighter pilot and military strategist)
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If you want to use your time in the most productive way, it is important to plan and prepare, then start and finish.But you have to keep your eyes and your options open to new opportunities when they arise. Your biggest opportunity could turn out to be life changing and life enhancing.
How do you make sure to keep your eyes open so that opportunities don’t pass you by?
36525 days to live 
April 8, 2010 at 10:18 am
Is it because life throws so many different thing at you that makes you constantly change your plans..or is it because things don`t always work out the way you planned it
April 10, 2010 at 1:55 pm
In my experience, when I make plans for a specific project I do it so I can be more “in the moment” when the action starts. My question these days is: Could I be “in the moment” even if I had not planned as much? I am starting to feel like my planning is onlya way to manage my fear of not being in control… Is time better used to be in control or to be in the moment? Specially since I am starting to know that being in control is an illusion. So, where does that leave planning?
April 8, 2010 at 2:25 pm
You’ re right,
Life does throws so many things at us , however, our challenge is to try to see the difference between what we can control and what we cannot control.
When we can start to be able see the difference
, it seems like there less of those unexpected and unwanted situations.
What do u think?