8 | Planning

Planning is ballparking because a plan is a window into a future that nobody can control.

To have a plan is to be prepared, to have thought things through, to have rationalized your expectations about the future.

If your co-worker says I am a planner, what comes to mind is a level-headed individual committed to working hard upfront to minimize what’s left to chance.

Like design (designing), plan (planning) is a noun and a verb. The verb refers to the process; the noun describes the result of that…