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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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To be prepared is half the victory.

To be prepared is half the victory.

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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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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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Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

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Gineral C. is a dreffle smart man:
He's been on all sides that give places or pelf;
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Gineral C. is a dreffle smart man:
He's been on all sides that give places or pelf;
But consistency still wuz a part of his plan;
He's been true to one party, and that is, himself;--
So John P.
Robinson, he
Sez he shall vote for Gineral C.

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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.

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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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At all times it is better to have a method.

At all times it is better to have a method.

by Mark Caine Found in: Consistency Quotes,
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