An “evil plan” is something that heroes should borrow from villains.
It’s basically just strategic thinking.
Here’s how to make an “evil plan”:
- stand for something Good, actually—know the intrinsic goodness of what U stand for, are aiming for
- list the specific goals and outcomes U want to see in your world, the world at large
- make it visual! draw it out! sequence them, surface the dependencies, connect the dots
- go over the plan again and again, revise it and update it, make it more vivid and specific, granular and tractable
- throw out the plan, surrender to the flow of life, live the life that’s there in front of U when U were busy making other plans
- tell people what you’re standing for, where you’re headed. ask for help! let them help U!
- notice the ways your goals are interdependent with others’ flourishing, do what U can to help them advance the plot. we flourish together!
It helps to have a visual artifact for your evil plan. It might look something like this:
May U plan like a villain, and act like a hero.
May your plots and plans benefit all beings.
Plans are nothing; planning is everything.
—Dwight D. Eisenhower