Sometimes it’s good to just wing it. Other times it creates a risk so large someone could die.
The foggy road ahead is the perfect example. Just feeling your way along might put you in the ditch without the anchor line to follow.
When we went shopping earlier this week, I had a rough idea of where we needed to stop. I knew Costco had to be on the list. But everything else was fluid. No one was going to die by skipping Walmart.
An emergency is a totally different beast.
Winging it during the first few hours could lead to someone dying. Or losing something critical. There are times to think on your feet, and times to follow a written plan. Emergencies should follow the predefined plans to ensure success.
And it goes beyond just winging it. If a ‘God Complex’ is keeping your plans from everyone else, you are only setting up your family for failure. We can’t be everywhere at once.
What happens when you go down first?
A plan in your head is not a plan! Our brains can handle amazingly complex situations. That does not mean it won’t fail when we need it the most. Don’t let your family down by being a single point of failure.
But how do you know if you are the single point of failure? Answer these five questions and find out.