Daily Ramblings – Daily Quote

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Adapting, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Improvising, Planning, Plans, Quote, Visualizing

Today’s Quote

“Plans are nothing, planning is everything.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

As a retired veteran, I can tell you this is absolutely true. I think the reason Eisenhower said this is that in the military, like many other organizations, plans rarely survive reality. They are a template for our actions and future moves but are just that—a template.

When we begin pushing through that plan, people will change, the weather will change, circumstances will change, and opportunities will arrive. None of these things can be foreseen; they just happen. The key to completing any plan is to adapt to changes, modify the plan as needed, and continue moving forward until the mission, project, or goal is completed. We have to plan to really iron out our thoughts and vision, but the execution always requires the ability to improvise when things don’t occur the way we planned them to.

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Daily Quote

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Action, Dreaming, Mentalizing, Robert Frost, Visualizing, Wishing

“A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body – the wishbone.” – Robert Frost

I have felt like this a few times in my life. It is during the times that are tough that we tend to fantasize about a different reality. Call it a coping mechanism.

The challenge with this kind of thinking is the habit of residing in this space all of the time. Instead of doing something to change our conditions, we dream about what life would be like if something were different. Without work, without doing something physically, no amount of thinking, dreaming, or mentalizing will produce results.

We need to visualize, mentalize, or dream about things initially, but to actually achieve something we need to take the necessary right actions to bring what we visualize into our reality. If any of you are “stuck” pursuing one of your dreams, take a look at what you are doing to make that dream a reality. I think you may discover that right action is the remedy.

Thanks for stopping by.

Until tomorrow…