Yes. I agree. A plan never implemented is no plan at all. It’s as if you never created the plan. It reminds me of the old question: If no one is in the woods when the tree falls, did it make sound?

I use another analogy. A plan is like tool. A tool that sits in the tool box and is never used is worthless. A good tool, used properly, however, can create something of greater value than the tool itself- like a desk, an expensive work of art, a pastry, etc.

-Matt

And yes, I’d like to guest post. Let me know when and how.

Thanks.

My wife and I have run our own business for years. And we had a business plan but what we didn’t plan for in it was the economic turn our country has undergone.

Our business was struggling for the last two years, so we went back to our business plan as reference……sort of like a starting point. Then we realized we didn’t address how to earn profits under such circumstances in it.

Once we did that then the profits started flowing again.

So planning for the worst allowed us to profit. Thus, I’m a firm believer in planning is the key too!

Also, I’d love to have you guest blog at Creo Quality. Let me know if interested.

Take care,
j