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Pivoting in the dark with unknown steps!

By Bamboo In The Wind

Setting goals to accomplish them depends on knowing all things that can go wrong along the way. That is undoubtedly the job of a plan. To understand possible blind spots we can run into and have an alternative action in place, so we know precise fall-back steps to take.

Pivoting with planned steps is suitable for continuing to make progress. All we are doing then is to switch a new planned action when something that we planned does not work.

The big premise is that the plan has accounted for all possible stumbling blocks, and our prior experience is vast and provides reasonable indications of trouble areas.

Often, more than deliberate actions are required. It requires assimilating the encountered facts and reassessing the plan based on it. This brings in many unknowns and puts us in a situation that raises self-doubt. Similar to walking in the pitch dark on a familiar road to a routine small store that we traverse many times a day. Despite the prior experience, can we get to the store safely? We wonder!

How can we get around it? Well, there is no perfect answer. No amount of planning can get rid of complete uncertainty. They will always be an element of the unknown that will surprise us. The best strategy is the continuously immerse ourselves in acts that create healthy tension. 

It exposes us to the discomfort of fear of letting ourselves down. That can be a master plan to create a good plan about almost anything we do!

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