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Step 1 The Game Plan

Everyone will tell you that it is more about how you play
the game than the score itself. You must know the rules,

of course, but what separates good players from brilliant
ones is knowing when to execute the right game plan. It
is not only crucial to know how to do something but also
what the right thing to do is and the right time to do it.

Going deeper into what your game plan consists of and
being open to trying some untraditional methods, you
will make your game plan easier to action.

The easiest practical examples are sports coaches. They
either carry clipboards or have whiteboards in their
changing rooms, don’t they? The clipboard contains the

game plan, which is the plan for winning, and will have
been meticulously designed by a team of people. The
plan will be made up of attack and defence plans that, if
executed effectively, should ensure the team wins.

I remember working as a General Manager for a
manufacturing company where the factory and all its

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