{"id":13719,"date":"2010-11-29T19:59:55","date_gmt":"2010-11-30T02:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=13719"},"modified":"2010-11-29T19:59:55","modified_gmt":"2010-11-30T02:59:55","slug":"plan-b-the-world-doesnt-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/13719\/plan-b-the-world-doesnt-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Plan B – The World Doesn’t Need To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

How many times have we given thought to a list of outcomes we’d love to make real in our lives? It frequently seems a never-ending process, almost against our will. Once an outcome morphs itself into a goal-worthy project, we apply our energy towards its attainment. Most goals people set aren’t met. Either they didn’t have sufficient desire, or if they did, the strategy invoked was ill equipped or mis-applied, the result being equally dissatisfying. <\/p>\n

Assuming sufficient desire, and that the strategy itself was faulty, not its application, a new approach is required.<\/p>\n

Plan B<\/strong><\/p>\n

This isn’t about what Plan B is or isn’t. It’s about us deciding whether or not to broadcast it to the world.<\/strong> There are some outcomes and\/or strategies almost guaranteed to work better, or more bluntly put, work at all, when kept under the radar. It could simply be that you’d rather keep the desired outcome to yourself. Or, it could be the strategy you wish to keep undercover. The reasons don’t matter. You have your own. We all do, right?<\/p>\n

A case in point.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the early 80’s I knew a nice woman who was dangerously over weight. It’d been that way since early childhood. One day it dawned on me I hadn’t seen or heard from her in awhile. I called, but her number had been disconnected. Almost two years later I was dumbfounded, as there she was at a Christmas gathering. She’d lost well over 100 pounds. Nobody except her grandparents had known what she was up to or where she was. (She’d moved to live with them as part of her Plan B.)<\/p>\n

We’d been relatively close, so she confided in me. Everyone insisted on making a huge deal of her weight, whether she was gaining or losing. It’d been emotionally debilitating. She’d resolved to lose the weight, but away from pryin’ eyes. Nobody could’ve interrupted her strategic process if they were unaware of its existence. <\/p>\n

You can’t argue with success, though some insist on trying.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are some outcomes, some strategies, for which public knowledge is counterproductive.<\/em> That judgment is for each of us to make, not Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How many times have we given thought to a list of outcomes we’d love to make real in our lives? It frequently seems a never-ending process, almost against our will. Once an outcome morphs itself into a goal-worthy project, we apply our energy towards its attainment. Most goals people set aren’t met. 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