The first thing to go when you meet the enemy is the battle plan. All engagements of any size have to have a free flowing plan that can be adjusted as need be, from moment to moment and day to day.
The most classic example is chess. It's possible to plan ahead a few moves but your opponent may make that plan useless in one move.You can't plan twenty moves ahead with expectations of making those moves.
Pulling all your pieces out is not a plan. It just means you lose.
When I die I'm sure to go to heaven, cause I spent my time in hell.
You get more with a kind word and a two by four, than you do with just a kind word.