72 / 365 Plan for the Unexpected
Wisdom consists of the anticipation of
consequences.
It is ideal to wish that everything will go
as we want. However, the reality is that certain things may not be in our
control. Some unanticipated events may throw our plans haywire. Someone may not
be as effective and efficient as he should be. Some assumptions could go wrong.
You have to anticipate such eventualities.
You can ask yourself the following
questions when you are about to get out of your bed:
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What is the most important task that I have to complete today?
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Do I have all the resources lined up, including time?
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What could go wrong and what should be my counter-measure?
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What critical assumptions could go wrong and what should I do?
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Am I realistic about my expectations of others? Am I too
optimistic?
I am not sounding pessimistic. While we
should be optimistic, we should also plan for unexpected events. Perhaps we
should be ‘optimistically pessimistic’!
Human beings are unique from other living
beings in their ability to anticipate and plan and this has made us to survive
millions of years while other living beings extinct.
(From
my book “365 Exciting Ways to Live”)
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