I love planning. In fact there's times I feel I love planning as much as the actual doing.
Planning is that phase....those moment or moments between intent and action, when it's still full of possibilities, full of positive energy, when the 'x' factors are still in theory. That's when you can put your all into it, paint the picture you want to see.
To take this metaphor to the next level; Vishakha and I were on our wave lapping walk in Goa. I happened to mention how all we could see was shades and shades of different blues...... the sea, the the mountains, and the sky. Straight off Vishakha came up with this lovely analogy which she could use in her office, one that enables identifying and taking ownership for the larger vision of the company.
The analogy: If the larger vision of a project or a company can be visually pictured in a painting frame, you see the whole picture and then you get clearer perspective of your part in it. You know you own that little part of the whole.......you know if the component you are adding to it aligns or doesn't. Here for instance, if it's any shade of blue or green or brown you know it does. If it's an odd maroon, you'll need to know what it's doing there. I loved it.
Planning is that phase....those moment or moments between intent and action, when it's still full of possibilities, full of positive energy, when the 'x' factors are still in theory. That's when you can put your all into it, paint the picture you want to see.
To take this metaphor to the next level; Vishakha and I were on our wave lapping walk in Goa. I happened to mention how all we could see was shades and shades of different blues...... the sea, the the mountains, and the sky. Straight off Vishakha came up with this lovely analogy which she could use in her office, one that enables identifying and taking ownership for the larger vision of the company.
The analogy: If the larger vision of a project or a company can be visually pictured in a painting frame, you see the whole picture and then you get clearer perspective of your part in it. You know you own that little part of the whole.......you know if the component you are adding to it aligns or doesn't. Here for instance, if it's any shade of blue or green or brown you know it does. If it's an odd maroon, you'll need to know what it's doing there. I loved it.
This quote is devoted to just that. Planning and Process.
“Failing to plan, is planning to fail.” - Self-help guru Alan Lakein
Short and potent. I'm a big believer of even something as basic as lists. The vision at the macro level and lists at the micro level. Lovely. I love my lists. It optimizes quality of your time (read life) like little else can, and aah...the feeling of a nicely checklisted day....euphoric :)
At micro level or macro level, planning is about ownership and energy. Highly empowering.
At micro level or macro level, planning is about ownership and energy. Highly empowering.
No comments:
Post a Comment