Planning To Fail…

I am exhausted as I write this post for you.

However, you’re still receiving this email at 7 AM PST on the dot.

But here’s the thing…

At the time this email was sent out, I’m actually boarding a plane to head to Austin, TX.

What’s this?

A plot twist?!

“WHO ARE YOU AND WHERE IS NICK?!” exclaims the reader of this glorious substack.

Relax friend, it is I, Nick from yesterday.

But alas, I have not figured out time travel.

I have used the schedule feature on substack to help myself out in the future (tomorrow which at the time of reading this for you is today) because I have a busy day ahead of me and I wasn’t sure I would have time to write this.

So what did I do?

Well, I planned ahead.

I wrote up a post for tomorrow, which is now today for you, which you are reading right now.

Honestly, the more I write this the more confusing it gets but hey, I trust you’ll figure it out.

Not every single newsletter I send out needs to be packed full of esoteric value to discover what the meaning of life is…

It’s not like the word “meaning” itself is part of the name of this newslet-

Well, that’s awkward…

Anyways, there’s a saying that I really like which helps me quite a bit in my life…

“Failing to plan, is planning to fail.”

When we don’t have a plan, we’re pretty much just setting ourselves up for failure.

I’ve talked about this in a previous substack, how I believe in having a diffused routine sometimes and then having a focused routine other times…

Well, I don’t think a plan is all that much different.

Sometimes when our plan is longer form, like a plan for our business growth over the next 3-5 years, we need to keep it fairly diffused or loose to allow different opportunities to present themselves which could help us on our journey.

But other times, our plan needs to be more strict and focused.

I’m going to wake up at 4:30 tomorrow morning, shower, change, grab my bags, and head to the airport. I’ll get there at about 5:20, check in my bag, move past all the peasants in security with my Clear pass and then get to the gate before my flight boards with 30 minutes to spare.

I’ll land, head to where my friend Jesse Elder is going to be, spend some time with him, head to a networking event, and then go grab dinner with 3 men who I deeply respect.

Bing bang boom, that’s a focused plan with not much room for error!

If I just wake up and have no plan for how I’m getting to the airport, I don’t really have much of a chance to make it on time.

I like to take that focused plan approach with the things I care about in my life.

Like this newsletter.

Which is why I’m writing today’s post yesterday but you’re reading it today :)