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What does it mean?
Future plans and hopes are uncertain or abstract.
In plain terms
Hopes and plans may mean nothing.
What can you take from it?
Focus on reality over hopes.

Where it applies

  • career planning
  • personal goals
  • financial security

Putting it to work

  • prepare for risks
  • review goals

Questions to consider

  • Are your plans real?
  • What do you hope for?

Another view

Plans often guide successful actions.

More from Friedrich von Schiller

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