It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.
— Publilius Syrus
LEADERSHIP
— Publilius Syrus
LEADERSHIP
A plan that cannot bend will break when conditions change, and conditions always change. Rigidity usually comes from having tied your pride to the original version, so that adjusting it feels like admitting you were wrong rather than like steering. Good plans have joints in them.
With whatever you are currently committed to, name in advance the things that would make you change course. Decide now what evidence would count. That way the adjustment, when it comes, is a piece of the plan rather than a defeat.
Which plan of yours has no room left for surprises?
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.