Enjoyed reading Rework over the weekend.
The idea of taking blog posts to create a book meant that it was easy to read, visual and the ideas seemed to stick in my head. It’s useful for anyone whether they are working in a day job, thinking of starting their own business or anywhere in between – it’s a ‘life skills’ type of book.
I found it refreshing the way they encourage creative thinking and efficiency instead of stress and slog to help you get where you need to be.
There’s one chapter called ‘Planning is Guessing’ and, as someone whose main role is supposed to be ‘planning’, I was curious to know more about this particular viewpoint!
The arguement here was that long term plans can give a sense of control, but if are rigidly observed can end up being restrictive. Whilst I agree that it’s impossible to know what’s going to happen, I think there needs to be some kind of direction in the short term – even if a guess is the best anyone can do. On that note, Colin has taken to sending me ‘guesses’ instead of ‘estimates’!
So I don’t think the issue is the idea of planning itself, but rather the the way we adapt and incorporate the present into our future plans.
Time to go and get some ‘guessing’ done!
