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Making Plans: Ability vs Accomplishment         


Author: darwinist
Date: Apr 15, 2008 18:16

If you want to have good plans or improve the ones you've got, it's
important to remember the difference between the quality of your plans
on the one hand, and your ability to plan on the other. Consider the
analogy of drawing:

The quality of a drawing is not the same as the skill of the artist
who made it. With time, research, an eraser, and a willingness to
redraft, anyone can improve a picture they've drawn. A greater ability
to draw, however, would mean a better first draft and faster
improvements. With the same dedication but a greater ability, the
drawing could be done sooner or more could be done in the same amount
of time.

As you improve a picture, your knowledge and skill will improve but
mostly the improvements apply to that single picture: the objects,
angles, positioning and style of that particular scene. A great
improvement in one picture will only mean a moderate improvement in
your general drawing ability.
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Re: Making Plans: Ability vs Accomplishment         


Author: Immortalist
Date: Apr 15, 2008 21:39

On Apr 15, 6:16 pm, darwinist gmail.com> wrote:
> If you want to have good plans or improve the ones you've got, it's
> important to remember the difference between the quality of your plans
> on the one hand, and your ability to plan on the other. Consider the
> analogy of drawing:
>

Very good post about achieving goals. I remember one lecture I had to
listen to many times. On the chalk board was drawn a line, then at the
right end was the goal, then we had to discuss and mark the things
that had to be done along that line. Then we discussed how many of the
steps along the way were necessary to complete the other steps. Then
after we had populated the line with circles and the steps written
inside each circle, we had to think of what had to be done to complete
particular steps, that is make a short list for each circle. Still
looking online for this type of goals achievment style. Once this was
all done, the goal seemed alot easier to complete.

Here is my current link to the subject of goals;
http://www.psywww.com/mtsite/pggoalef.html
http://www.psywww.com/mtsite/page6.html
> The quality of a drawing is not the same as the skill of the artist
> who made it. With time, research, an eraser, and a willingness to
> redraft, anyone can improve a picture they've drawn. A greater...
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Re: Making Plans: Ability vs Accomplishment         


Author: darwinist
Date: Apr 15, 2008 22:17

On Apr 16, 2:39 pm, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Apr 15, 6:16 pm, darwinist gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If you want to have good plans or improve the ones you've got, it's
>> important to remember the difference between the quality of your plans
>> on the one hand, and your ability to plan on the other. Consider the
>> analogy of drawing:
>
> Very good post about achieving goals. I remember one lecture I had to
> listen to many times. On the chalk board was drawn a line, then at the
> right end was the goal, then we had to discuss and mark the things
> that had to be done along that line. Then we discussed how many of the
> steps along the way were necessary to complete the other steps. Then
> after we had populated the line with circles and the steps written...
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Re: Making Plans: Ability vs Accomplishment         


Author: Immortalist
Date: Apr 17, 2008 23:06

On Apr 15, 10:17 pm, darwinist gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 16, 2:39 pm, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
>
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>> On Apr 15, 6:16 pm, darwinist gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> If you want to have good plans or improve the ones you've got, it's
>>> important to remember the difference between the quality of your plans
>>> on the one hand, and your ability to plan on the other. Consider the
>>> analogy of drawing:
>
>> Very good post about achieving goals. I remember one lecture I had to
>> listen to many times. On the chalk board was drawn a line, then at the
>> right end was the goal, then we had to discuss and mark the things
>> that had to be done along that line. Then we discussed how many of the
>> steps along the way were necessary to complete the other steps. Then
>> after we had populated the line with circles and the steps written ...
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