“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” -Ben Franklin
“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan next week.” -George S. Patton
“If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” -Yogi Berra
Before embarking on a potential passion project, a good question to ask yourself is “What’s your plan?” Or “How do you see this working out?” (This is also a question you can ask a friend or family member who comes to you with their idea of a project or even what they might want to do for a career.)
By no means do you need to have some perfect plan or everything thought through from start to finish. But you should be able to answer, in a few rough words, the following questions:
“What is my goal or objective?”
“Why am I doing this?”
“Who is this for? What is this for?”
“What does success look like?” (Both maximally and minimally.)
If you have answers, then great. Get going!
If not, get going on coming up with your answers. Then, get going!
