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This set of posts offers musings on each of the 11 signs.
#10..."They have big plans"...
One of the quotes that has been most influential in my life goes like this:
"We overestimate how much we can accomplish in a year, and we underestimate how much we can accomplish in 10 years."
Both sides of this are so true! I see it more and more the more years I have in the rearview mirror.
And it seems worth noting that properly estimating what can be accomplished in the 10-year window is far different than living in the future. As a matter of fact, living in the future is likely one of the most significant causes of overestimating what can be accomplished in a year. But paradoxically, part of what we must plan to accomplish in the year, is making big plans for the 10 years.
We can't just plan. We must not simply do. The planning and the doing must learn to dance!
It is true for individuals. And apparently it is true for cities as well!
#10..."They have big plans"...
One of the quotes that has been most influential in my life goes like this:
"We overestimate how much we can accomplish in a year, and we underestimate how much we can accomplish in 10 years."
Both sides of this are so true! I see it more and more the more years I have in the rearview mirror.
And it seems worth noting that properly estimating what can be accomplished in the 10-year window is far different than living in the future. As a matter of fact, living in the future is likely one of the most significant causes of overestimating what can be accomplished in a year. But paradoxically, part of what we must plan to accomplish in the year, is making big plans for the 10 years.
We can't just plan. We must not simply do. The planning and the doing must learn to dance!
It is true for individuals. And apparently it is true for cities as well!
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