Comments on: Why Plan A can severely reduce your momentum

By: Fisi Encouraged by Renault’s Progress | Hot M3

Fisi Encouraged by Renault’s Progress | Hot M3 — Sat, 02 May 2009 17:18:22 +0000

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By: Sean D'Souza

Sean D'Souza — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:23:38 +0000

I don’t have them (Plan B items) written out as part of a schedule. But I just have it on a list of things that I need to get down to doing. And when Plan A goes awry, I can quickly switch to Plan B.

By: Molly Gordon

Molly Gordon — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:59:12 +0000

I love it!

The notion of less challenging (whew! relief!) and more interesting (yes! inspiration!) makes a huge difference in how I look at Plan B. I can see how the times when I’ve been most productive are when I have (more or less organically) had a number of Plans B.

Having a mind map of the big picture for the month/week makes choosing a Plan B pretty easy. Or do you have them written out?

By: Sean DSouza

Sean DSouza — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:09:42 +0000

I have a lot of Plan B’s, because I’m so easily distracted

By: Veneretio

Veneretio — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:21:04 +0000

Not only was this a great point, but this is easily the best cartoon I’ve seen here to date.

By: Luuk

Luuk — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:17:12 +0000

Why is it that most people look at their plans B as “second choice”, not as valuable or important as their plan A? Or even worse, why do they feel like failures if they don’t succeed to live by plan A every single day?

In fact plans B are sometimes even more important because they allow you to look at plan A at a distance.
As long as I do every day ‘a little something’ that leads me to the final goal of plan A, I am happy that I allow myself to have some B-days.

By: Sean DSouza

Sean DSouza — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:01:56 +0000

The “custard” is a Kiwi phrase

By: MJ Doyle

MJ Doyle — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:20:19 +0000

That’s an interesting concept. I know people who often have a Plan B, but it’s never less challenging and more interesting than Plan A was.

Plan B has always seemed like a cop-out to me.

Thanks for giving me this new perspective, it may stop my whole day from turning to “custard” as well!