Quote:
Originally Posted by idolbucks
“Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution; this gives
you a 1,000 percent Return on Energy!”
― Brian Tracy
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I believe thats only true to a small degree. Most use "planning" as a means of procrastination as well. Just as its said that "perfectionism is the highest form of procrastination" where one might rationalize it as "doing things right, planning things out" and so on. A simple and quite horrible fact of this business (speaking as someone whos been in it since 98) is that the most successful people (say those doing 6 figures in ppc, running high traffic sites and earning over 6 figures a month etc etc) do very little planning. They have ideas, they do the minimal amount of planning and they go all in and don't stop and course correct along the way as reliable data comes back to make competent and disciplined decisions. I am not defending any particular method of approaching a business - its more about brain function and an individuals preferences in how they process, store and manage information, which hemisphere of the brain they rely more on and so on. So its not a surprise when a left brain thinker explains that a left brain approach makes sense. It could be right... but it is not the only right answer or "the best" answer. I think the single most common thread in success in most small business is the exact opposite of careful planning.... which is full blown A.D.D. and chaotic thinking, chaotic decisions but constantly moving forward 110%.