“A vacation + a disaster = an adventure.” — Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier
“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” — Mike Tyson
“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” — E. M. Forster
“When jarred, unavoidably, by circumstances, revert at once to yourself, and don’t lose the rhythm more than you can help. You’ll have a better grasp of the harmony if you keep on going back to it.” — Marcus Aurelius
“To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.” — George Santayana
計畫永遠趕不上變化
Man Plans. God Laughs.
當我們自以為能掌控一切時，上帝早已在一旁當笑到袂振袂動。
Write your life plan with a pencil that has an eraser.
「我與命運有個約會！（赴命運之約！）」 (I have a rendezvous with destiny!) ，意謂著生命的轉折點。
“Life is essentially an endless series of problems. The solution to one problem is merely the creation of another.” — Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
Problems are a feature of life, not a bug. There will never come a time when you have no problems.
“No amount of sophistication is going to allay the fact that all your knowledge is about the past and all your decisions are about the future.” — Ian Wilson
Life is uncertain, but you have to act anyway.
The VUCA Framework
VUCA stands for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity.
In his book Leaders Make the Future, futurist Vuca provides counterpoints to each that leaders can use:
- Volatility yields to Vision
- Uncertainty yields to Understanding
- Complexity yields to Clarity
- Ambiguity yields to Agility