Planning your actions isn't always necessary. I find that with IM, if I need a plan, I'll feel a strong urge to develop one. If I don't need a plan, I can get results by surfing the synchronicities even if I can't clearly see where they're headed. In 2006 I mostly used the latter approach, which seemed riskier at first but was a lot of fun and produced great results.
Responding to an opportunity doesn't require a written plan. You just say yes and let your actions proceed from there. The role of IM is to attract those opportunities in the first place. You still need action, but not necessarily a complete plan, to close them.
The role of a plan is simply to give you more clarity about what to do right now. If you're clear on what to do next, you don't really need a plan... at least not right away.
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