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Re: The Strangest Secret

Susan sam — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 01:21:54 -0000

Success is in the way we think....this video contains loads of Nuggets that we must mine, refine and adorn...Awsome

Re: Success and Its Relationship to Planning

Navatha — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 06:56:53 -0000

I totally agree with this. Setting a goal and planning are two different things.Goals can further be classified into short term and long term goals and then prioritized. Its not just enough to have goals in your basket it is equally important to plan meticulous to achieve these goals. Making a list of goals and then ticking them off as and when we achieve these goals gives tremendous sence of achievement and satisfaction.

Navatha

Re: Success and Its Relationship to Planning

Hussain — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:50:53 -0000

Yes, I do agree. Success invariably is the result of effective planning. However the reverse may not always be true. An effective plan, may not always result in success. To be successful, the plan should be actioned and implemented with great care and consideration of many factors such as allocation and use of resources, managing risk etc.

Re: Success and Its Relationship to Planning

BinodMaliel — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:58:58 -0000

*** Comments posted on various LinkedIn groups about this topic ***

Dear Binod,

If you want your task in hand to see success, it is never a parameter in your plan. Planning in right direction and effortless dedication towards the planned end goal will result in sucess.

Success for various personalities differ. For some it is acheiving the goal but for others it is the journey of winning overcoming hurdles.

Regards,
- Rama

Comment posted on this topic by Ramkrishna Kalagotla in the LinkedIn group ‘Global Project Management’

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Of course! However, I do love this quote from The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
defining planning: To bother about the best method of accomplishing an accidental result. (Ambrose Bierce)

I've worked my whole career to lessen the 'bother' part of planning and improve the accuracy of the result in the area of IT Strategy/Enterprise Architecture.
Comment posted on this topic by Glen Gage in the LinkedIn group ‘Global Project Management’

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Binod - the first project I ever managed went nothing as expected or planned when it came time to execute. However, the time we spent in detailed planning and preparation allowed us to respond confidently and quickly to changing circumstances, which might have otherwise have left us frozen with indecision.

From that I learned that planning is not only critical to success, but it must also be approached as an integral aspect of the process from beginning to end. In other words, planning is not simply something you do at the beginning of the project; today's operational dynamics require constant analysis and adjustment to initial plans.

Comment posted on this topic by Terry Doerscher in the LinkedIn group ‘Global Project Management’

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Dear Binod “PROPER PLANNING PREVENTS POOR PERFORMANCE” … The right path to Success! Hv a wonderful day.

Comment posted on this topic by Ajit Kewalramani in the LinkedIn group ‘Organisation Development’

Re: Success and Its Relationship to Planning

Clove — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:30:14 -0000

I agree that planning is the initial step to success. For me planning translates into creating a vision. Without the vision you do not know what youare really going after. When my family members and I bought into an automotive franchise, we invisioned (1) owning it without debt, which we accomplished in 5 years and (2) being featured in a national publication, which we accomplished at the end of 7 years with 2 more subsequent articles published. We ended that phase of our lives after 20 years grossing over 1 million after the first 7 years. Planning works

Re: Success and Its Relationship to Planning

Sriraman S — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:22:06 -0000

I do agree that there is no success without planning.

Re: Success and Its Relationship to Planning

Peter Ghimire — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:19:19 -0000

I am agreed that success lives in PLAN , a plan that comes from his / her inner heart. As a minister of God's word I should say " Where there no plan or vision people perish" Thank you Binod for you sending such a nice article.

Peter
Nepal

Re: Success and Its Relationship to Planning

BinodMaliel — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:36:18 -0000

This was posted by Enrique Brouwer M. A. about this topic on LinkedIn's group 'Harvard Business Review - Reader's Forum':

Yes there is a direct line of sight connection. Goals are ship's sail and planning is the ship's wheel.

Re: Success and Its Relationship to Planning

BinodMaliel — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:33:04 -0000

This was posted by Al Uretsky about this topic on LinkedIn's group 'PMO - Project Management Office':

There is an absolute correlation between Success and Planning. The more planning that you do, you increase the probability of success, but by no means does planning guarantee success, just because one does planning. There are plenty of secondary contributing factors that can impact success.

Re: Success and Its Relationship to Planning

BinodMaliel — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:32:01 -0000

This was posted by Dr. Anup Karnik about this topic on LinkedIn's group 'Global Project Management':

"If I have 12 hours to cut a tree, I will invest 9 hours in sharpening the axe"
Well known statement!

Re: Success and Its Relationship to Planning

BinodMaliel — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:31:15 -0000

This was posted by Mohit Gupta about this topic on LinkedIn's group 'Global Project Management':

Planning is an important step to proceed towards success. We may see success without planning in some scenarios, but that is mere a luck or special situation.

Well said, that planning and executing the plan on time and to keep eye on progress is a common sense, and many a time, many of us used to forgot this. And the exceptions cases move forward to embrace the success in their goals and they call it life time achievement.

Re: Success and Its Relationship to Planning

BinodMaliel — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:29:52 -0000

This was posted by Santhosh Nair about this topic on LinkedIn's group 'Project Management Link - www.pmlink.org':

100% agreed, as the saying goes:
"If you fail to Plan, then you are Planning to Fail"

Re: Success and Its Relationship to Planning

BinodMaliel — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:28:47 -0000

This was posted by Kosta Kondratenko about this topic on LinkedIn's group 'Goal Achievers International Members':

100% yes.

Re: Success and Its Relationship to Planning

dr madhusoodanan — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:07:11 -0000

Of course the correlation is direct and obvious! :). It is equally important to define and have a frame work of what you think is success.Success is a very important word and has to be understood before you plan to achieve that.Perhaps another thread would be to start one on "Success" and what it means to you.

Dr Madhusoodanan

Re: Success and Its Relationship to Planning

Nitinsikka — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:07:45 -0000

Binod, I agree with you completely. A Journey cannot be embarked without proper directions.This should be inculcated in school/college/ curriculum repeatedly to influence the importance of this vital aspect of Planning. May be we can start with State Boards in Bangalore and then CBSE/ICSE boards with State education secretary/boards/Education minister. Our Union education minister Kapil sibal is very receptive and open to new ideas. Why not give it a try?

Re: Success and Its Relationship to Planning

BinodMaliel — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:20:56 -0000

Thanks for all your comments.

Please keep them coming.

Binod.

Re: Success and Its Relationship to Planning

BinodMaliel — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:14:38 -0000

This was posted by Subodhkumar Phadke about this topic on LinkedIn's Harvard Business Review - Reader's Forum group:

Yes very much. Why people are doubt?

Re: Success and Its Relationship to Planning

BinodMaliel — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:13:13 -0000

This was posted by Jolly Jose about this topic on LinkedIn's Harvard Business Review - Reader's Forum group:

A well planned approach ensures success in our endeavors. A person who invests enough time in planning ahead of a task achieves 50 % of the success even before starting it and is assured of the remaining 50 % as he gets on with it.

Re: Success and Its Relationship to Planning

BinodMaliel — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:12:37 -0000

This was posted by Dr. Rahul Medakkar about this topic on LinkedIn's Harvard Business Review - Reader's Forum group:

I think certainly yes. But relationship becomes stronger with consistent PDCA -PLAN, DO CHECK ACT approach.

Re: Success and Its Relationship to Planning

BinodMaliel — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:11:10 -0000

This was posted by Kirti about this topic on LinkedIn's Harvard Business Review - Reader's Forum group:

SUCCESS is something we all want in our lives but hardly few do get it and sometimes we do get but we dont realize it coz we have a somewhat different meaning of success.
The first and the most imp thing to be a successfull person you need to do is to define success for u , what success means to you and what u really want out of your life .
Hence PLANNING is utmost imp, planning is needed to define sucess to set your goals , either short term or long term , planning is required to focus , to be determined to do everything you need to . So I believe planning is not only imp for success but a very vital part in our lives and when well incorporated can do wonders and success will come following by .
Thanx.
Kirti

Re: Success and Its Relationship to Planning

Neil — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:41:31 -0000

Binod, I agree with you 100% when it comes to Goal setting. I listened to a Goals cassette by Brian Tracy and another by Zig Ziglar in 1977 - when I was just 20 years old. That was the Best lesson I ever learned as a young man. My career and life improved dramatically after I implemented the goal-setting steps they suggested. I believe that Goal setting should be a mandatory course for everyone in high school!!
All the best ~ Neil Wood, Hull, Massachusetts

Re: Success and Its Relationship to Planning

Sushil — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:24:13 -0000

I agree with what you are saying.

Re: Success and Its Relationship to Planning

Padmakar — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:42:24 -0000

Padmakar Boyapati, PMP • Yes, there is a strong relation ship between success and planning. You cannot assess the success of a project without planning the costs, scope, time required for the project. If the actuals of these triple constraints are not compared with the planned constraints, how the success of project can be identified. Success of the project does not mean achieving the scope of the project. Unless all the 3 constraints are met with, it cannot be termed as a success.