Letting Nature Run Its Course

I used to make a quarterly business plan...crunching the numbers, projecting sales, predicting outcomes!  I still have stacks of business plans...until one day I was done with planning.  Now don't get me wrong planning is good.  The question is can we over plan? 

These days, I set goals and practice what I call adjustment planning.  I feel like this helps me change when necessary to accomplish my goals.

Let's take my running plan as an example of this theory.  I currently have running goals set for 2014.  While 40 weeks of running have been scheduled, sometimes out of necessity the days, time of day or even milage might very well change.  While nature takes its course such as illness, lack of sleep or other reasons I grant myself permission to deviate from the schedule.  This has helped me meet my goal with less stress!

Allow yourself to deviate when things come up!  It has really worked for me.  I find opportunities become abundant. Be it business or self improvement, be patient and let nature takes it course with your life!