Quotes about Planning

You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.

A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there.

The person with a plan, a picture, will go after thoughts that add value to their thinking.

A strategy that doesn't take into account resources is doomed to failure.

The greatest detriment to tomorrow's success, is today's success.

A person plans his course, but the Lord directs his steps.

You have to keep asking yourself if the way you're working today is the way you'd want to work in 10, 20, or 30 years. If not, now is the time to make a change, not "later.

The solution: Break the big thing into smaller things. The smaller it is, the easier it is to estimate. You're probably still going to get it wrong, but you'll be a lot less wrong than if you estimated a big project. If something takes twice as long as you expected, better to have it be a small project that's a couple weeks over rather than a long one that's a couple months over. Keep breaking your time frames down into

What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.

Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.

Rage and phrenzy will pull down more in half an hour, than prudence, deliberation, and foresight can build up in an hundred years.

Before beginning, plan carefully.