I feel this is a problem in our entire mindset. People so often get confused with the difference between a plan and a goal. One is the what and one is the how. What most people call plans are really just goals. Plans require sufficient data to make a how. Or they need a whole set of contingency plans that would be the plan if and when sufficient data becomes available. This is why "long term plans" are so vague in general because they are just a goal. As time progresses, the long term becomes the short and the data becomes available to turn goals into plans that can be executed.
