By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
- Benjamin Franklin
“ Planning is an unnatural process, It is much more fun to do something.
The nicest thing about no planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression “
John Harvey-Jones, 1992
Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.
- Bernard Baruch, stock broker, advisor to presidents Woodrow Wilson, Harry S. Truman, (1870-1965)
Good plans shape good decisions. That’s why good planning helps to make elusive dreams come true.
- Lester Robert Bittel (b. 1918), writer
Have a plan. Follow the plan, and you’ll be surprised how successful you can be. Most people don’t have a plan. That’s why it’s is easy to beat most folks.
- Paul "Bear" Bryant, football coach, University of Alabama’s Crimson Tide.
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.
- Peter Drucker
It’s not the plan that’s important, it’s the planning.
- Dr. Gramme Edwards
Plans are worthless. Planning is essential.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, general and president (1890-1961)
Among the quotes mentioned, the last two are for those planners who believe that the most important is P6 and its output.
Cheers,