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    In complex situations, we may rely too heavily on planning and forecasting and underestimate the importance of random factors in the environment. That reliance can also lead to delusions of control.

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No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be
inconstancy.
[Lat., Nemo doctus unquam mutationem consilii read more

No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be
inconstancy.
[Lat., Nemo doctus unquam mutationem consilii inconstantiam dixit
esse.]

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A plan is a list of actions arranged in whatever sequence is thought likely to achieve an objective.

A plan is a list of actions arranged in whatever sequence is thought likely to achieve an objective.

by John Argenti Found in: Consistency Quotes,
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The short- term plan, then, is an operative plan defining goals in writing and clearly indicating how these goals are read more

The short- term plan, then, is an operative plan defining goals in writing and clearly indicating how these goals are to be carried out...

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Long-range planning works best in the short term.

Long-range planning works best in the short term.

by Doug Evelyn Found in: Consistency Quotes,
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Tush! Tush! my lassie, such thoughts resigne,
Comparisons are cruele:
Fine pictures suit in frames as fine,
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Tush! Tush! my lassie, such thoughts resigne,
Comparisons are cruele:
Fine pictures suit in frames as fine,
Consistencie's a jewell.
For thee and me coarse cloathes are best,
Rude folks in homelye raiment drest,
Wife Joan and goodman Robin.

by Unknown Found in: Consistency Quotes,
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With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. . . .
Speak what you think to-day in read more

With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. . . .
Speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon balls, and
to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though
it contradict everything you said to-day.

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Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

by Euripides Found in: Consistency Quotes,
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It's not the plan that is important, it's the planning.

It's not the plan that is important, it's the planning.

by Graeme Edwards Found in: Consistency Quotes,
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Of right and wrong he taught
Truths as refined as ever Athens heard;
And (strange to tell) read more

Of right and wrong he taught
Truths as refined as ever Athens heard;
And (strange to tell) he practis'd what he preach'd.

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