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Today’s Sun Tzu
“According as circumstances are favourable, one should modify one's plans.”
Sun Tzu · The Art of War · Chapter 1: Laying Plans
Plans serve reality, not the other way around.
What it means

A plan is a hypothesis; when the ground shifts, the plan must shift or it becomes a liability.

Use it todayHold your plan loosely enough to redraw it when new facts arrive.
Today’s questionAm I updating my plan to fit reality, or forcing reality to fit my plan?
#adaptability#planning
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