# 7 Odyssey Plans

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**Dysfunctional Belief:** I need to figure out my best possible life, make a plan, and then execute it.
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**Reframe:** There are multiple great lives (and plans) within me, and I get to choose which one to build my way forward to next.
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## Watch

* [You must be unreasonable to achieve your dreams by Kevin Smith](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-55ZnCcNIs)

## Concept

Where people go wrong (regardless of their age, education, or career path) is thinking they just need to come up with a plan for their lives and it will be smooth sailing. If only they make the right choice (the best, true, only choice), they will have a blueprint for who they will be, what they will do, and how they will live. It’s a paint-by-numbers approach to life, but in reality, life is more of an abstract painting—one that’s open to multiple interpretations.

The conclusion is that if your mind starts with multiple ideas in parallel, it is not prematurely committed to one path and stays more open and able to receive and conceive more novel innovations. Designers have known this all along—you don’t want to start with just one idea, or you’re likely to get stuck with it.

## Odyssey Plans

> A good designer asks questions to test assumptions and reveal new insights.

Odyssey Plans can define important things still to do in our lives, and help us remember dreams we may have forgotten. The only wrong way to do this is to not do it at all.

* *Odyssey Plan A* : Plan A is centered your current life plan 5 years ahead
* *Odyssey Plan B* : If Plan A **could-not-exist**, this is Plan B.
* *Odyssey Plan C* : If money, time, limitations, etc. did not exist. This is Plan C.

## Do

* Create three alternative versions of lives you could live i.e. *Odyssey Plans*
* Each Odyssey Plans (alternate version) is 5 years long
* Create a headline or title for each of three *Odyssey Plans*
* Ask three questions to test each *Odyssey Plans*
* Rate how much you like each *Odyssey Plans*
