CGW Call #32 - Sunday, August 8, 8 am PDT

[Niall Doherty]

Hi all,

I'm organizing the call this Sunday. I hope you can join. You don't have to be a CGW alum to partake, but the more familiar you are with Steve's 7 principles and terms like "Planet B," the better.

TIME:

We will start at 8 am PDT/ 11 am EDT / 3 pm GMT. Please check how that corresponds to your timezone here and plan accordingly.

I can spend a maximum of 90 minutes on the call, but of course you're free to carry on without me beyond that.

HOW:

Add me on Skype. My username is ndoherty13. We'll get everyone in a group chat first. Once folks are in there, I can add them to the conference call. We had problems last week, but thanks to help from Pavel and Joachim today I'm confident that this week's call will run smooth.

TOPIC:

We will go with the topic that Pavel suggested a couple of weeks ago: Planning vs. Flowing (how much to control your life)

Some potential discussion points:
1. Are you more effective when you plan ahead, or when you go with the flow? Can you share stories from your own experience?
2. How to embrace uncertainty.
3. Planning tools/techniques that you have found effective
4. What circumstances/situations should you always plan for?
5. What circumstances/situations should you never plan for?
6. Have you become more/less of a planner over time? Why or why not?
7. How to achieve a state of flow more regularly.

If anyone else has other discussion points that fall under this topic, please list them below. Those were just a few off the top of my head, but I'm sure we can come up with many more.

Also feel free to suggest a topic for our call the following week (August 15).

That's all. Comments and suggestions are welcome. Talk Sunday.

- Niall