Ostrich Goals

Consciously consider events that could hinder goal progress and develop plans accordingly.

It is natural for us to plan for success and hope that failure will not occur.  However, to be successful, we need to execute our success plans fully while doing whatever we can to mitigate risks that could hinder our future success.  Unfortunately, it is easy to fall into the trap of only focusing on the positive acts that can occur and ignoring the negative events that could occur.  Ignoring these negative events will not make them go away; if they do occur, we may be unable to react effectively.