Seth Godin on Planning Quotes

"The plan is to have a plan for when the plan fails."

"The practice is what we do regardless of how we feel."

"If you're not failing, you're not planning for enough growth."

"Preparation is not the same as procrastination."

"The map is not the territory, and the plan is not the project."

"A plan is a hypothesis, not a promise."

"You don't need a better plan, you need more courage."

"If your plan requires a miracle, it's not a plan."

"The goal of planning is to reduce the number of surprises, not eliminate them."

"Your plan is only as good as your ability to adapt."

"Waiting for the perfect plan is just a form of hiding."

"A good plan today is better than a perfect plan next month."

"Planning for success is easy; planning for the messy middle is hard."

"The plan should be to learn as fast as possible."

"A plan that doesn't include a ship date isn't a plan; it's a dream."

"Strategy is a choice. Tactics are the actions you take to execute that choice."

"Planning is the work you do before the work."

"Spend more time on the strategy and less on the spreadsheet."

"The strategy is the compass, the tactics are the steps."

"Strategic quitting is a form of planning."

"The most important part of planning is deciding what you're not going to do."

"Tactics are the easy part. Strategy is the hard part."

"The discipline of planning is the discipline of thinking."

"Build a plan that allows for human error."

"If you can't describe your strategy in one sentence, you don't have one."

"The strategy is the 'why,' the tactics are the 'how.'"

"The strategy is a series of choices."

"The cost of being wrong is less than the cost of doing nothing."

"Stop planning and start shipping."

"Successful planning requires an honest assessment of the dip."

"The most effective plan is the one that actually gets executed."

"The best time to start was last year. The second best time is now."

"If your plan doesn't include the word 'no,' it's not a strategy."