Wisdom Of The Week

• "As a Prussian general once put it, 'No plan survives first contact with the enemy'. What matters is how quickly the leader is able to adapt.
• This idea of allowing several ideas to develop in parallel runs counter to our instincts: we naturally tend to ask, "what is the best option?" and concentrate on that. But given that life is so unpredictable, what seemed initially like an inferior option may turn out to be exactly what we need. It's sensible in many areas in life to leave room for exploring parallel possibilities..."
  
  -FS Notes on Tim Harford's New Book, Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure