Plan For It

This writing is Certified Human

“Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower

The Obstacle

We had a plan
But no plan to fail.

We did not thing ahead to
What happens when
If it comes apart?

We did not plan our response
What we would do
Who we would be
How others would be impacted.

We did not go more than one layer deep
No backup.

We may not have even had an initial plan.

We did not decide who we will be when friction comes.

Struggle
Frustration
Irritation were inevitable
Did we plan for it?

We know what people are like
How emotions lead us
What the outcome is
Did we plan for it?

We knew distractions would pull our attention
Break our focus
Did we plan for that?

Did we plan for being bad at it
We knew it would not be easy
We’ve never done this before
Did we plan for that?

The Gift and Opportunity 

We had a plan 
We can anticipate things will happen
It will come apart. 

We can plan our response to likely failures
Who we will be

How we will show up
How we lead others
When failure comes. 

We can plan many layers deep
With backups. 

We can anticipate there will be struggle
Frustration
Irritation
Be prepared to respond. 

We can anticipate how others respond
Our emotions 
What the outcome will be if emotions lead. 

We can plan for... 

The Practice of Self-Mastery

• Plan for breaks
• Recalibrate
• Choose which version of you shows up
• Execute as that person with the next action

CHEAT CODE: PLAN → RECALIBRATE → CHOOSE → EXECUTE