Diego Caleiro · 2014-10-10 · EA Forum
I'll clarify some more on upsides and downsides on the next post.
Here I intended to show the need by induction, that is, by showing many examples of people with plans who created interesting features of the movement, and let those who agree there is causation involved follow through. That is why the second section starts with a conditional "If". Only if you accept the stories as good evidence for points 1 and 2 you'd be urged to make plans.
Seems that you'd prefer a proof by principles or by deduction, which you described as "real arguments". I could indicate books about planning, but I feel that would betray my purpose. Showing examples and providing a template seem to me as real and easy as it gets. Most people are not motivated by abstract convoluted reasons, they are motivated by stories, only once they are motivated it makes sense on a gut level to plan.
I'm curious however about what sort of writing would entice you into making plans? Knowing what makes you tick I can try to cover more territory on the next post, since I don't want to leave behind those whose motivational structure works like yours.
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