As you begin the New Year, it is important for you to start with a
proper plan that will help you achieve your goals. Most times, some
people write down their goals, and it ends there. The goals they have
written do not materialize probably because they don’t have a working
plan.
Planning makes you achieve more. A research of the graduating students in Standford university revealed that the students who wrote their goals down upon graduating achieve more in life than those who didn’t set goals at all, and those who set goals but did not write them down.
Stretch yourself to plan for success. The time spent in planning may seem to be useless, but the resultant effect is worthwhile. Spend the first ten minutes of your day after your spiritual exercise to plan your day. Understand that planning like this daily makes you achieve more.
Develop a contingency plan. Anticipate possible problems you could encounter in your project because of people, material or mechanical errors. Come up with alternative actions incase things don’t go as planned. Always have a plan B.
Plan how to achieve simple tasks. The simple way to achieve your goals is to break long term goals into simple, manageable short term goals. It is also important to put down your plans. It has been proved that we can only work mentally with about seven pieces of information without loosing some things. So don’t bug yourself too much, trying to store everything in your brain. Paper does not loose its memory.
Plan to win. Plan every detail. I believe that 70 percent of the reason people are poor iis lack of planning. If you have decided not to plan to win, then you have decided to loose. You will need to set aside some amount of money in a portfolio. That will be your emergency fun. When you need to spend based on an emergency, you can depend on your emergency fund. No matter how hard you plan, unforeseen events are inevitable.
Visualize the actualization of your plans. Each day determine three important things that you have to achieve every day. Then visualize yourself achieving your goals. Mental rehearsals like this, makes you achieve your goals faster.
I remember reading about visualization few years ago. I visualized myself speaking on ‘Making a difference’, just three days before the event, and before leaving my house that morning that I had to motivate a number of young people. As I got to the center stage, I was energized and I was able to transfer my enthusiasm to participant. Just try visualizing yourself achieving your dreams.
Here’s an exercise. Imagine you are inn a cinema house. You are dresses in beautiful attire. You sat on the first row, waiting for the movie to begin. Now, visualize achieving yourself achieving your goals one after the other. See yourself succeeding. See yourself making a difference. See yourself receiving an award for a job well done.
Review your strategy. The purpose of strategizing is to begin with the end in mind. When you don’t define your destination and plan in detail how to get there, it may be impossible to achieve your goals. When you review your plans, you pass a message to your subconscious mind. Your body will help you produce energy to implement your plans.
Take action. It is not the information you get that makes you different. Setting goals does snot make you different from the average person. The only thing that guarantees success in life is acting on your plans and your goals. Take charge!
Planning makes you achieve more. A research of the graduating students in Standford university revealed that the students who wrote their goals down upon graduating achieve more in life than those who didn’t set goals at all, and those who set goals but did not write them down.
Stretch yourself to plan for success. The time spent in planning may seem to be useless, but the resultant effect is worthwhile. Spend the first ten minutes of your day after your spiritual exercise to plan your day. Understand that planning like this daily makes you achieve more.
Develop a contingency plan. Anticipate possible problems you could encounter in your project because of people, material or mechanical errors. Come up with alternative actions incase things don’t go as planned. Always have a plan B.
Plan how to achieve simple tasks. The simple way to achieve your goals is to break long term goals into simple, manageable short term goals. It is also important to put down your plans. It has been proved that we can only work mentally with about seven pieces of information without loosing some things. So don’t bug yourself too much, trying to store everything in your brain. Paper does not loose its memory.
Plan to win. Plan every detail. I believe that 70 percent of the reason people are poor iis lack of planning. If you have decided not to plan to win, then you have decided to loose. You will need to set aside some amount of money in a portfolio. That will be your emergency fun. When you need to spend based on an emergency, you can depend on your emergency fund. No matter how hard you plan, unforeseen events are inevitable.
Visualize the actualization of your plans. Each day determine three important things that you have to achieve every day. Then visualize yourself achieving your goals. Mental rehearsals like this, makes you achieve your goals faster.
I remember reading about visualization few years ago. I visualized myself speaking on ‘Making a difference’, just three days before the event, and before leaving my house that morning that I had to motivate a number of young people. As I got to the center stage, I was energized and I was able to transfer my enthusiasm to participant. Just try visualizing yourself achieving your dreams.
Here’s an exercise. Imagine you are inn a cinema house. You are dresses in beautiful attire. You sat on the first row, waiting for the movie to begin. Now, visualize achieving yourself achieving your goals one after the other. See yourself succeeding. See yourself making a difference. See yourself receiving an award for a job well done.
Review your strategy. The purpose of strategizing is to begin with the end in mind. When you don’t define your destination and plan in detail how to get there, it may be impossible to achieve your goals. When you review your plans, you pass a message to your subconscious mind. Your body will help you produce energy to implement your plans.
Take action. It is not the information you get that makes you different. Setting goals does snot make you different from the average person. The only thing that guarantees success in life is acting on your plans and your goals. Take charge!
Written by: Agbolade Omowole
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