Field Marshal Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke is credited with the quote that "No plan survives contact with the enemy"
Today my son finally graduated (Covid delays) with an upper degree in German and Japanese from the University of Manchester.
Those who follow my blog will remember my plan post-cancer was to keep well enough to see my children now 23 & 20 to 18. My plan was never to be here to see them graduate, it was more of an aspiration and as a result, I made life and business plans accordingly.
You set yourself short goals post-cancer for obvious reasons. When I was undergoing radiotherapy the trauma to my head, neck and throat meant that I had a score chart marking off each day. My plan is to get through the 30 plus days of treatment and then the 3 months of recovery of vocal cords and the ability not to be fed through a nasal tube and count off the days I can return to work.
I take my personal life learning into life. Getting both my children to graduation is a new goal, one down, one to go. It was never in my plan. It was never in my work plan to have a business that in 2022/23 will achieve a 7 figure turnover, 5 plus people relying on me and so personal and life goals have been changed.
I am teaching my students at Plymouth Marjon University this week the theory, the research around work-life balance. Whatever you do in life and business always be prepared to rip up the plan and start again as my plan is to ensure that in two years' time I see my daughter graduate as a registered nurse. Remember the balance in life.
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