Planning is Guessing (Season 2)

People put too much stock in making long-term plans, but let's call them what they really are: guesses. On this episode we discuss deadlines, business plans, world domination, and Dungeons & Dragons.

Show Notes

• 01:06 - Dungeons & Dragons
• 01:20 - Mind Flayer
• 02:00 - Six-week cycles (Shape Up)
• 05:54 - The meaning of a bet (Shape Up)
• 07:23 - Shape Up
• 08:32 - Setting the appetite (Shape Up)
• 09:57 - "Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable." - Dwight D. Eisenhower
• 12:29 - Carlos Segura - Segura, Inc.
• 12:43 - S Corporations
• 15:24 - The deal Jeff Bezos got on Basecamp (Signal v. Noise)
• 16:51 - Blue Origin
• 19:04 - “The reason that most of us are unhappy most of the time is that we set our goals—not for the person we’re going to be when we reach them—we set our goals for the person we are when we set them.” - Jim Coudal quoting Dan Gilbert (Creative Mornings Chicago)
• 19:12 - Coudal Partners
• 19:12 - Field Notes
• 20:59 - Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
• 21:01 - Objectives and Key Results (OKR)