You don't need a plan, you need skills and a problem.

by luccastera • 19 years ago

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pg• 19 years ago

That's a great sentence. Could possibly even be boiled down to "you need a problem," since trying to solve problems is the way to develop skills.

mynameishere• 19 years ago

"I will solve XYZ problem" is a plan.

jraines• 19 years ago

More of an intention.

I somewhat agree -- my first reaction was to append "and then a plan" to the end of the sentence.

But I think the most accurate take on the subject is this:

"I have always found plans to be worthless, but planning indispensable." --Dwight D. Eisenhower

An important distinction I think.

cglee• 19 years ago

Nice article, except the Columbus reference.

chaostheory• 19 years ago

"No battle plan survives contact with the enemy" -- Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

ivankirigin• 19 years ago

"In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

...but, planning in place of action is planning on failure.

Lagged2Death• 19 years ago

I'd heard that as Winston Churchill.

erdos2• 19 years ago

A member of the National Academy of Sciences of my acquaintance once said that life was too chaotic to plan beyond six months.

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