The 5 P's By a show of hands how many people are planners? I raised both hands because I usually have a plan behind the plan to make sure that the plan is planned. Here are the 5 P's; Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance. I hadn't heard this before until a friend recently shared it with me. There is actually a 6th P, between Prevents and Poor, but if I put it in here it will most likely get censored out. Everyone needs a plan, as business professionals, parents, farmers, builders, and the list goes on. You are a planner whether you know it or not. What are you making for dinner tonight? You had to have had a plan at one point to either buy the groceries or make a reservation. Going on a trip? Hotels, directions, time off, etc. Now let's take this one step further, there are plans, and then there are PLANS. Think about how you would deal with taking your vehicle to a mechanic and the conversation starts, "well Mrs. Jones, we are just going to start taking things apart until we find what we think is wrong. Then we are going to put some new parts in and see if your problem is fixed. By the way, we aren't really sure what that is going to cost, but we will let you know." There is a plan but, I think that I am finding a new mechanic. I am often asked, "how to you plan on making that happen?" a proper plan has been thought out, calculated, and is awaiting execution, long before that question is ever posed to me. It would sound something like this, "we have prepared social media posts for the event, flyers are being printed, those involved know their roles, and the costs have come inside the budget. We have a time and space for the event reserved and will be setting up at this time." A shoot from the hip plan may sound like this, "I was thinking that when we get there, we could see what is available and talk to some people and then, as a group, we could then... blah blah". Which of those two sounds like Proper Planning? In our work lives we strive to ensure that we don't have Poor Performance, so we make a plan. We measure results from previous attempts, we correct items that were not planned for, and we formulate a new plan. We are Properly Planning to Prevent Poor Performance. Nailed all 5 of them! So why do we not do this all the time? There are time constraints, and incomplete information, and people problems, and scheduling, and so on. If your task is properly planned you have accounted for some, most, or all of those contingencies. Here is my request of all of you, if you are not a planner, then try to start. Start small, maybe it is planning all your dinners for the week and shopping just one time. When you plan, you need to focus, thinking time, and the mental space to identify any potential issues with your plan. You can also plan in stages, what needs to happen first, then second, and work on them individually as time and focus allow. Give Proper Planning a try, you may just find that your good at it! Again, the more you know.
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