Focus On The Future

Three Rules

SIXTH TOOL: The Three Rules

USED TO STRENGTHEN THE OUTCOME OF DEVELOPMENT

   Note: Outcomes will be as strong as how thoroughly they are planned and pursued.

 RULE #1:    IF IT IS NOT IN WRITING, IT DOES NOT EXIST

   Nobody Knows ‘What You Know’.

   The persistence of forgetfulness will confound agreement.

 RULE #2:   A CALENDAR FOR EVERYTHING

   Nothing Happens “By Itself”.

   Intentions must be connected to outcomes by scheduled action with ‘Ownership’.

 RULE #3:   A SECOND SET OF EYES

   Despite how it feels, the mind is an internal place, and you cannot rely on memory.

   If you don't reach out steadily to at least one other, then what you assume to be a ‘Truth’ is likely to be lost.

 ADDITIONAL BASICS: (The realities of planning)

 BASIC A:  THE ONLY CONSTANT IS CHANGE

                 Nothing is EVER Complete. 

                 Stone melts; stars collapse; wisdom increases, but is lost.

 BASIC B:  ALL DECISIONS WILL BE MADE

                  The issue is “who?”, “what?”, “when?”, and “under what circumstance?”, not “if?”

 BASIC C:  BELIEF CAN OVERRULE LOGIC

                  The Truth can be pushed aside by strength of will and timing.

 BASIC D:  TIME DOES NOT STOP

                 There is no opportunity to go back

 BASIC E:  GRAVITY WILL WIN

                 Outcomes are only as permanent as the conditions and urgency which drive them