September 9th, 2008
There's always a point in
life when something just blindsides you, no matter what you're doing,
no matter where you are.
It could be that raise you've
been expecting to get, only to have your raise stymied by another colleague
who spent the time sucking up to your boss than working.
The thing with these blindsiding
moments that throw you completely offguard is the fact that no super-crafted
contingency plan can save you entirely from its after effects.
Planning is a neat tool
that helps put everything into place and provides the means to escape
danger come the arrival of any detrimental situation. While it's a useful
tool, it shouldn't be one to totally encompass everything it is you
do, under which it becomes more binding than helpful.
This is where a lot of professionals
go awry, and often leads to finger pointing at someone else other than
themselves when plans don't go as originally anticipated.
So instead of getting in
a conundrum with plans, take the initiative to use them as a guide
rather than an absolute. Once this is established, then it
gives some lateral movement and allocates space for the unexpected,
should it decide to show itself at a very inconvenient time.
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