Just a quick post today as I working on a project where I am following my own advice of this blog post.

Planning is guessing and guessing takes time, effort and ultimately does not help in making decisions. My mantra is think things through and then jump in and get on with it, make a prototype, launch that business, build that product you have been thinking about. If you have the right approach the time it takes you to actually build something is the same amount of time it would have taken you to plan it.

Build something, anything and then get real life customer feedback and validation. Then learn from that feedback and iterate again. Focus on one thing, do it, test it and decide quickly on the next iteration.

So try:

• Less planning
• Less documentation
• Less diagrams
• Less meetings
• Less strategy

Make it happen and you will learn a lot more than you ever will planning.