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If You Fail To Plan, You Plan To Win!
December 12, 2007 | 18 Comments
Do you have a plan in your life?
We have been taught to plan for ourselves. We are taught to plan for our future, plan for our studies, plan for our vacations, plan for birthday parties, plan for events and so on.
Since we were young, we learned of a phrase:
“If you fail to plan, you plan to failâ€
from the teachers in our school, parents, friends, motivators … etc.
It caught my attention when I visited one of Stephen Pierce’s blog yesterday and he said a totally different thing. He said,
“If you fail to plan, you plan to WIN!â€
I know Stephen Pierce mirrormask divx
personally and I know that he will NEVER deliver something that is meaningless or rubbish.
Raymond Chua & Stephen Pierce
In fact, his words always keep me thinking. So I click on the play button and listen to what he has to say and within 5 minutes the headline makes a lot of sense to me.
All right, this is not the first time I hear from him about this concept. I actually learned it from him in September this year during the Alpha Leadership Training but it reminds me of what I have forgotten (or at least stop ringing in my mind)
The old phrase, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail
†only works in the environment where you have the control over the environment such as cooking or baking cake where you can control the amount of ingredients, temperature, cooking time, etc.
However, if you are working in the contested environment where you have no control over the environment, then plan will prepare you to the road of failure.
Why?
Let me give you an example (this is the example that I can"t forget). Imagine that you are playing a chess game where you have no control over the moves of your opponent. Can you lay out a plan before you play? Of course not!
In the contested environment, we don"t need plan or plans because the environment is changing all the time and you do not have any control over it.
If I do not need any plan, what do I need?
All you need is strategy. Take back the chess game as an example. You do not need a plan because you can not predict what your opponent"s next move is.
But … you must know the rules of the game and what move can be made by each and every piece and the role they play. This is the strategy that I meant.
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Hi Raymond,
Today article it’s good thanks for sharing.
I used to think who control the environment are those people who keep on inventing new things such as those high technology invention. Will it be those who have close contact know how to make their move when new things are new in market. May be being creative thinking of new ideas is one of the reason.
Sorry if the above not concrete enough just a thought correct me if I’m wrong.
Thanks for reading my mail.
Rose
Hi Rose,
In my opinion, in certain cases, we can control our environment while in other cases, nobody actually will have the control over the environment. They are interconnected.
So what we can do is to develop some strategies to adapt with the environment.
Your article awaken me Raymond, this is true in the internet as well, we have no control of what search engines were doing. But you’re right too, we must know the rules to stay in the game.
Thumbs up for the heads up
[...] If You Fail To Plan, You Plan To Win! [...]
Hi Zaki,
That’s right. We have no control over the search engine. And the search engine do not have any control over the users too.
That’s why they have to change their algorithm from time to time.
They do not have plan for what to do in the future. But they have the strategy, which is to satisfy the user and give them the best possible search experience.
So, in this contested environment, all they can do is to keep track of what the users want and give them the best.
In short, we are all interconnected.
Some great words of wisdom there. I guess that is to be expected from a guy like Stephen Pierce though.
Hi Bryan,
Thanks for the sweet words.
I hope you enjoy the article.
Stephen really has a way of making us stand up and take notice. Who would have thought that his sentence can make sense also?
Hi Shafir,
Besides a marketing and optimization wizard, Stephen is also a great motivator which makes him a true leader.
Your headline caught my eye too, because of its unconventional twist in the proverb. Thought provoking post there!
Hi Living Room,
The headline is indeed very catchy.
I hope you enjoy the article.
It was your eye catching title that caught my eye. Your words are wise but I believe that an plan outline can also be done.
Hi Law of Attraction,
Yes, we need a plan outline as a guide. But in the end, it also depends on the changes in the environment.
You can lay out a plan outline to conquer your opponent in a chess game and it will works out beautifully until your opponent make a move that is totally unexpected by your plan.
On the other hand, in the controlled environment such as cooking or baking a cake, plan is essential and as long as we follow the plan, the same result will be shown.
Thank you for your comment and have a nice day!
I was at a seminar a couple of months ago where Stephen was a speaker, Raymond. He makes a lot of sense.
Hi Karen,
Do you mean UYMG KL or Unlimited Power Singapore or UYMG Singapore?
I was there for these 3 events and I am an alpha leader and a volunteer crew for these events.
Are you an SMCC member too?
[...] that you focus only on the end result. Not how you are going to achieve it. The “HOW†is the plan and strategy part. Not the goal setting [...]
I actually learned it from him in September this year during the Alpha Leadership Training but it reminds me of what I have forgotten or at least stop .
Hi,
Hope you enjoy the time with Stephen.