"Essence of planning"

Time and again, our mothers have called upon us to plan. "Planning is essential" is what we have been bombarded with, since the beginning of our life.Like many, I despised those sermons where everyone started giving a lecture on "Time is money" OR " Time Management".It was only when I joined engineering that I understood the reason behind those "lectures".
Many centuries ago, there was war in Kurukshetra, where the Pandavas fought the Kuru army and won the battle. Imagine ,Arjuna being chilled out ,resting in the shade of his umbrella, not bothering about the various military formations! More so, imagine Mama Shakuni, the greatest mythological Gambler, suddenly failing to see the motion of his trusted dice! History would have looked different..perhaps there would be no war at all!!! One of the quotes by the great Archer Arjuna comes as a jolt to people who believe that the indomitable never plan, they are born to win.He explains to his brother Nakula ,as to why he always handpicks his weapons.Especially the arrows, which need to be in a proper shape to avoid air drag.
Today, we need to plan our lives more than ever before. Time seems to fly faster .The ones who can think aeons before and chart out a game plan are most likely to succeed.May it be job or business, we have to forsee the forthcoming dangers which lurk. If caught unawares, the results are disastrous, ranging from firing from jobs to bankruptcy in business. For a person with a job , he or she needs to get into the brain of his/her peers to think as they think. Then be able to do what they could only think of, is another tale. Like wise , in a business, product differentiation is pivotal to the success of any entrepreneur. Failing to make a mark on the consumer would spell doom and a loss altogether.
Ultimately, the one who can see tomorrow, today itself is the one you would place your money on!!