Find that job: Lesson 88. Why you need to have a plan
Why does a fool part so easily with his money? - Because the fool doesn't have a plan. The plan is a beacon for your new business strategy or a career move. The plan tells you how you are going to get there. It doesn't have to be a grand business plan; it can be just a plan. But you can't really get wealthy or successful without a plan.
When Robinson Crusoe was shipwrecked, he made a plan straightaway. 'I'll need a shelter, some food and something to do'. And he set about building a thatched shelter on the beach and went in search of food.
You too need to have a plan. It forces you to consider every aspect of your idea, your business or your venture. It's a statement of your goals and objectives. It's your strategy. It makes you realize what you want and how you are going to get it. If you want to have some savings, for example, you will spend less than you earn and put some money away every month according to the plan.
Of course, no business plan ever comes completely true anyway. But that's not the point of the plan. The real purpose is to demonstrate that you thought and planned and understood what might happen to your idea or your business. The shelter Robinson Crusoe built on the beach got blown over in the first storm and he had to retreat to a cave. Someone once famously said: 'The way to make God laugh is to show him your business plan'. But even the best plans have to be open to adjustment. Fill your plan with thought and passion and God won't laugh.
aSłOWNICZEK
fool - głupiec
to part - rozstawać się
beacon - światło przewodnie, latarnia
wealthy - zamożny, bogaty
successful - odnoszący sukcesy
shipwrecked - rozbitek (w katastrofie morskiej)
to make a plan - opracować plan
straightaway - natychmiast, zaraz
shelter - schronienie
to set about - przystąpić do zrobienia czegoś
thatched - kryty strzechą
to go in search of sth - udać się na poszukiwania czegoś
to force - zmuszać
to consider - rozpatrywać, rozważać
venture - przedsięwzięcie
statement - tu: deklaracja
goal - cel, dążenie
objective - cel, dążenie
savings - oszczędności
to spend - wydawać
to earn - zarabiać
to put money away - odkładać pieniądze
according to - według, zgodnie z
to come completely true - tu: całkowicie się sprawdzać
to blow over - przewrócić, powalić (pod naporem wiatru)
to retreat - wycofać się
cave - jaskinia
to laugh - śmiać się
adjustment - modyfikacja, poprawka, adjustacja
thought - myśl
passion - zapał, żarliwość, pasja
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