Introductory Message
So, 2019 is just around the corner. Have your written your New Year's resolutions? Are you a plan freak who schedules every single second of the day or are you an improviser who prefers to go with the flow? Some people argue that not having a plan can be the best plan of all while others insist that planning is everything. This week, we are going to have a mild debate to discuss the advantages and drawbacks of each approach. Referring to the Myers-Briggs Personality Type and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator we would also try to get inside the minds of a master planner and an adaptable professional to figure out the underlying drives for opposing behavioural styles.
“明天晚上有计划了吗？”
“没呢。”
“那就来「茶隅FUN逅」和我们聊聊‘不计划’的生活哲学吧。”
“好！”
“明天晚上有计划了吗？”
“不好意思有安排了。”
“你好有计划哎，要不来「茶隅FUN逅」给我们讲讲为什么人要有计划吧。”
“嗯，也好。计划就是为了不计划的，明天见！”
2018的最后一期「茶隅FUN逅」，和你一起思辩“计划”，迎接来年！
Let's Fight!
Opening Statement
To Plan
- Without planning, people work blindly.
- The society cannot function without planning.
Not to plan
- To plan indicates a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something (Oxford Dictionary). We do make arrangement in daily life. But those routine and/or certain adaptive behaviours do not count as planing.
- The world is changing rapidly. In most cases, planning is a waste of time and energy.
Cross-Examination
Three questions for the Not To Plan team:
- Do you plan for your work?
- What are you going to do tomorrow?
- Are you living with someone who plans?
Three questions for the To Plan team:
- What do you mean by to plan?
- Why do you plan?
- What do you do if the reality does not go with the plan?
Grand Crossfire
To plan:
- Planning provides a starting point for people to work together.
- To plan is the best approach to address the uncertainty and the changing world.
- You can have a wide range of different plans to maintain the flexibility of life.
- Plans can be changed.
Not to plan:
- Life is not a checklist. There are already so many external frameworks constraining you to behave in certain ways. As individuals, we should enjoy and cherish the opportunity to be surprised by the arrangement of life.
- To plan will inevitably, albeit unconsciously, suppress your creativity and lower one’s guard, weakening our ability to adapt and think on the feet.
- It will also cause uncomfortable feelings when things do not go with the plan.
Concluding Remarks
Plans are rubbish but planning is indispensable. We plan for living a better unplanned life.
I planned our encounter in great details but those inspirational and moving moments you brought to my life was beyond planning. Thank you so much for your commitment and loving support! I couldn’t have planned a better season finale. See you in 2019.
Love,
Janny
Date & Time: 29/12/2018 19:30-21:00 (Freezingly cold)
Attendees: 17 Nanxian, Janny, Lin, Michelle, James, Tiffany, Sandy, Tony, Zoe, Joan, Chien, Coco (+2), Celia, Mike, Observing Guest
Archive files: 1 Short videos, 12 Photos, 1 Signin Form
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