The Decision Strategist

Every Shtikl Counts has a post decrying the use of plans. I think he’s right that you don’t need big plans, but small plans jotted down on a 3×5 index card in a flash of inspiration are incredibly useful.

I think what the post is really trying to say is don’t spend too much time planning. I’m guilty of planning and planning and never getting to the point of launching or even working on my idea. This is may be the only 100% sure way to fail.

I’ve taken to asking myself if I know what the next three steps are; if I do, there is no need to plan.

(edit 9/01/07): Reading over this is seems a little incomplete. It’s always helpful to me to have a goal I’m working toward and a general plan of attack outlined in my head, even if I don’t write it down on paper.

-zot

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This entry was posted on Friday, August 31st, 2007 at 4:00 pm and is filed under Decision Making, Entrepreneurship, Planning.