Plan A or?
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Plan A or?

Sometimes, when you think you need a plan, perhaps what you need is less plan.

Because what you really need is the feeling of being in charge and the idea of control over the situation.

If I have a plan, I am better prepared for the future.

And this is an assumption, because future doesn’t care about us.

If our plans used to work in the past, we learn that this is an adequate strategy, and continue with more plans: plan A, plan B, and so on.

So that we are better equipped for tomorrow.

But the critical question here is, - compared to what? Or to whom?

Sometimes it’s counterintuitive, that it is the plan that keeps us blind and following, when maybe it’s the time to change the route.


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