{"id":19580,"date":"2019-09-22T16:16:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T13:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/?p=19580"},"modified":"2019-09-22T02:49:13","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T23:49:13","slug":"planning-constraints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/planning-constraints\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning Obstacles: Watch Out for Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/plamx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/5513704_l-1.jpg?resize=1110%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\u0635\u0648\u0631\u0629 \u0630\u0627\u062a \u0635\u0644\u0629\" width=\"676\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Like any other challenging task, planning comes with many obstacles. But, as we\u2019ll see, these obstacles can seem convincing and logical, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">and that\u2019s where the danger lies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">To convince people of the value of planning, we must first refute the arguments and broad claims made against planning and its benefits. That is what we will try to do. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">as discussed in the following article.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\">\u062d\u062c\u062c \u0648\u0627\u0647\u064a\u0629:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Of course, there are plenty of arguments raised against anyone who wants to plan for themselves personally or plan their work. Some of the most prominent include: <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">The arguments: The future is unclear and uncertain, so how can we plan for something we know nothing about?!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">This argument may seem logical, but it contains the seeds of its own destruction. If the future is uncertain and may hold many surprises that could <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">That may not be reassuring, but we must prepare ourselves for whatever may come.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Planning is, after all, about preparing for the worst. If we were planning only to seize opportunities, the process wouldn\u2019t be nearly as important.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">This is not the only weak argument made against planning. Some say it takes too much time, and that there are other things people should <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">devote their time and effort to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Let\u2019s consider that claim for a moment: does the fact that a task is difficult make it any less worthwhile? Quite the opposite\u2014the more challenging it is, the more reason there is <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">to examine it closely and explore the significance it may hold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">So what tasks could be more important than planning? Isn\u2019t planning itself a task? There may indeed be important tasks that are just as important as <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">the planning process, but how can we carry them out without planning for them in advance?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">In any case, there are many arguments that can be raised against planning and its value. We simply wanted to give a few examples and refute them, to show <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">that all these arguments are flimsy and can easily be answered, bringing their proponents\u2019 arguments down at the foundations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\">Stubbornness: a personal reason for rejecting planning:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Writer and author James Sherman draws our attention to another major obstacle to planning: stubbornness. Someone may be <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">convinced of the value of planning, yet still insist on rejecting the opinion of the person who persuaded them of its value\u2014simply to avoid appearing submissive or compliant <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0644\u0631\u0623\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0622\u062e\u0631\u064a\u0646.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Another issue is the desire to appear independent. People may undermine others\u2019 plans and strategies to seem independent and avoid <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">being held responsible for anything. One purpose of planning is to set goals and then assign tasks to team members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\">\u0627\u062d\u0630\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0641\u0627\u0624\u0644!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Some people are extremely optimistic and believe that the future will be nothing but bright. When they hear bad news, they <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">unconsciously dismiss it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Their optimism leads them to become completely absorbed in the present and to believe wholeheartedly that the future holds only good things. This way of thinking <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">leads them to see no value or importance in planning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">In fact, this optimism is nothing but deadly poison. At its core, it is not optimism at all, but sheer foolishness and naivety. There\u2019s nothing wrong with being optimistic <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">about the future, but that doesn\u2019t mean you shouldn\u2019t also prepare yourself for the worst-case scenarios.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\">Perception and failure:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Closely related to the previous point is a lack of awareness. Those who are unaware are always failing. People who don\u2019t understand what is happening around them, and cannot<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> connect the dots or make sense of events, are bound to fail spectacularly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">A lack of awareness can mean many things, including, of course, failing to recognize the value of planning. It means that an unaware person doesn\u2019t know their weaknesses or strengths, or <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">where they want to go\u2014and even if they do, they won\u2019t know how to get there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #ff6600;\">Apply the same reasoning to what came before:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">What we have presented here are not all the obstacles to planning. However, we can draw on the examples above, infer from some of the reasons discussed, and try to extend <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">the logical implications of some of these reasons so that, ultimately, we can understand the full scope of these obstacles, how to overcome them, and how to respond to them.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; \u0627\u0644\u062a\u062e\u0637\u064a\u0637\u060c \u0643\u0623\u064a \u0645\u0647\u0645\u0629 \u0635\u0639\u0628\u0629 \u0623\u062e\u0631\u0649\u060c \u064a\u0646\u0637\u0648\u064a \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u062b\u064a\u0631 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0639\u0648\u0642\u0627\u062a\u060c \u0644\u0643\u0646 \u0645\u0639\u0648\u0642\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u062a\u062e\u0637\u064a\u0637 \u060c \u0643\u0645\u0627 \u0633\u064a\u062a\u0636\u062d \u0641\u064a\u0645\u0627 \u0628\u0639\u062f\u060c \u062a\u0628\u062f\u0648 \u0645\u0642\u0646\u0639\u0629 \u0648\u0645\u0646\u0637\u0642\u064a\u0629\u060c \u0648\u0647\u0646\u0627 \u062a\u0643\u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0637\u0648\u0631\u0629.<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ibtdi_aa_focus_keyword":"","_ibtdi_aa_secondary_keywords":"","_ibtdi_aa_audience":"","_ibtdi_aa_tone":"","_ibtdi_aa_summary":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_name":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_bio":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_url":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewed_date":"","_ibtdi_aa_service_id":"","_ibtdi_aa_related_ids":"","_ibtdi_aa_human_reviewed":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable_links":"","_ibtdi_aa_sources":"","_ibtdi_aa_update_notes":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[491],"tags":[2857,19560,19559],"class_list":["post-19580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-491","tag-2857","tag-19560","tag-19559"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}