Plan To Fail?

You always see this everywhere. "It's okay to plan to fail, but don't fail to plan"

To me, this statement is crap! Both are also not good. The former is a negative mentality, while the latter is totally a miserable loser.

To plan to fail, to me, means your planning is terrible. Nobody wants to come out with a plan that fails. If possible, everyone wants to plan something that is perfect, at least successful. You can't argue with that, even you too want a plan that is successful. If your plan is going to fail, you might as well don't plan. I think that kind of mentality is way too negative.

I'm actually a believer in negativity. To certain extent, we people should be a little negative over some issues or problems. The reason is, you need to prepare a plan B. Negativity keeps your guard up. If you're so positive about something, then IF it fails, you're gonna hit a wall directly without a helmet.

Being negative is okay, but not too negative. To me personally, always keep a 8:2 ratio of positivity vs negativity. We can't run away from being positive, everyone needs to be. However, just a little negativity can keep our guards up against failures if they occur, and go for a plan B.

So, "It's okay to plan with guards up, but don't fail to plan"