Plans That Survive Contact With Reality
Download MP3Every plan is made in the present for a future self living in conditions that have not arrived yet. Brian closes the week by turning to astronomy, geometry, and the liberal arts as ways of learning how the world actually works before trying to build inside it. The episode gathers the week's tools into one operating method: cable tow, premortem, on ramps, off ramps, review cycles, and Masonic archi
Every plan is made in the present for a future self living in conditions that have not arrived yet. Brian closes the week by turning to astronomy, geometry, and the liberal arts as ways of learning how the world actually works before trying to build inside it.
The episode gathers the week's tools into one operating method: cable tow, premortem, on ramps, off ramps, review cycles, and Masonic architectural thinking. The point is not to overpower reality, but to work with it well enough to build confidence, capacity, and agency.
- Why studying the natural order improves planning
- Working with reality instead of fighting it
- Using practical wisdom like make hay while the sun shines
- Combining capacity, premortem, and review cycles
- Building confidence through executable plans
Plans that respect reality give the future self a real chance to act.
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Brian Mattocks
Host and Founder of A Mason's Work - a podcast designed to help you use symbolism to grow. He's been working in the craft for over a decade and served as WM, trustee, and sat in every appointed chair in a lodge - at least once :D
