Flight Plan
The Real Secret of Success
A pilot files a flight plan, takes off, and is off course most of the way, correcting constantly. Tracy's metaphor for how goals actually get reached.
Built on one observation: a pilot files a flight plan, takes off, and then spends almost the entire journey slightly off course, correcting continuously. Tracy uses it against the idea that a good plan should unfold smoothly, arguing instead that deviation is the normal condition and the discipline is in the correcting, not the planning.
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