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No Plan B


In general, a back-up plan might seem smart.

“Well if this doesn’t work out, I have this to fall back on”

Maybe even a plan C, D, and E to ensure that nothing can go wrong.

It might seem like the practical thing to do, and indeed it can be in the game of strategy.

However, when it comes to our life’s mission, having a plan B is a major setback 

Plan A should be the only way!

And the reason is simple:

It’s because psychologically, just knowing we have a back-up plan means that we might not be putting our all into plan A.

For example:

We might be thinking, “I really want this to work but that’s ok if it doesn’t because I have something else to fall back on”

There needs to be no escape route, in other words; no safety net.

Robert Greene calls this concept being on “Death ground.”

In war, men tend to fight harder when they have no other moves to make; when their backs are against the wall, so to speak.

This same concept can be seen in daily life,

We always fight harder when we have no other options.

It’s do or die, in a sense.

You see, by only having a single plan– “I’m going to accomplish this”-- we are essentially putting ourselves into Greene’s “death ground”

By only having a single plan, we are basically putting our own backs against the wall.

By only having a Plan A we are putting ourselves into a “do or die” like situation.

And by doing so, we can make ourselves strive even harder towards whatever our goals are!

Having a plan B does indeed seem practical and perhaps even wise at first, 

But knowing we have “options” can actually drastically reduce our performance toward our main objective in life.

Having a single plan– that is, a goal– on the other hand, can significantly boost our performance toward our main objective,

Because we have no other option than to succeed at it!

-Ryan, Persona Coach

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