Based on More Money Than Bills—Part Two© Preliminary Step #4
The Unbelievable Power Of Inductive
Planning
One day, the producers of Mission:
Impossible met the writers behind the scenes and said: “From now
on, first, you write the conclusion. Then,
you write the story.”
Real-life Example: A soft drink company was
getting beat by copy-cats in the courts and in the
marketplace for years. Until, a member of
the planning committee stumbled onto Inductive Planning.
“Let’s pretend that we beat the copycats.
Question: “How did we do it?” Answer: “We made our
product unique.” Question: “How did we make
our product unique?” Answer: “We put our product
in a bottle.” Question: “How was the bottle
unique?” Answer: “It was big at the top; big at the
bottom; and, it was slender in the middle
like a woman’s figure.” Comment: “The copy-cats will just
copy the bottle.” Response: “Not if we get
a patent on the bottle.” Ultimate Solution: The
company was granted a patent on the bottle
November 16, 1915. Question: Have you ever heard of
the name Coca-Cola®?
Imaginary Example Let’s pretend or
make-believe that you know a woman named Anita and that
Anita wants to start up her executive
secretary for hire business called Have Typewriter; Will Travel.
Priority Note: Now, with Inductive
Planning, your brain literally “kicks in” and takes off. See if you
can follow your brain’s path. Question:
Where did that marvelous business name of Have Typewriter;
Will Travel come from? Answer: It came from
Have Gun; Will Travel. Question: Do you remember
seeing bounty hunter Paladin in the
beginning scenes? Don’t look now. But, Steve McQueen also
played the part of a bounty hunter in the
television series Wanted Dead Or Alive.
Comment: Your brain is still “kicked in.”
Question: Do you remember the television series Wagon
Train starring Ward Bond? Comment: Ward
Bond was also on It’s A Wonderful Life starring James
Stewart and Donna Reed.
In It’s A Wonderful Life, George Bailey (a
bank executive) was shown to have lost a large deposit of
money belonging to the bank where he was an
executive. And, a nightmare started. George Bailey
tried to take his own life and failed. And,
afterwards, he wished that he had never been born; and, he
got that wish from the angel that saved his
life. Once George Bailey got his life back to normal by
intervention from the same angel without
wings, George Bailey celebrated on Christmas day by
running through town yelling out loud: “Merry
Christmas.” “It’s a wonderful life.”
Fast forward—In Anita’s small office are
beautiful red-tint wall paneling and a beautiful executive
desk. Question: So, what color is her
carpet? Question: Do the colors red and green quickly come to
mind? Question: So, where did those two
colors come from?
Answer: As George Bailey goes through town
on Christmas day, saying “Merry Christmas.” “It’s A
Wonderful Life,” he can see green Christmas
trees with red decorations!!! Wow!
Question: Do you see why I call it The
Unbelievable Power of Inductive Planning?
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