The plan isn’t as valuable as the adjustments

I’ve been sharing some of my “ten lessons from ten years in business” here on the blog the past couple weeks.  So far it’s included Putting Values First, Putting Yourself First, Two Types of Focus, Power of Thank You and Strategy is Choosing.
Today I wanted to talk about the importance of adjustments vs pure planning.
Simply put, plans are useful but not sufficient.  A strong up-front strategy is required to provide focus, prioritization and precision.
But you know what they say about best-laid plans (they don’t survive contact with the battlefield). Or as the great poet/laureate of our time Mike Tyson apparently once said, everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth!
Plans are a great starting point, but the real value comes afterward in the adjustments.  When the market outside your walls responds to your execution, and you in turn respond, react and adjust execution.
Great results rarely come from following the original plan.  Breakthrough