It’s two and a half weeks into 2009 and, when I’ve asked about plans for the year, so many people have told me they simply don’t have time to plan. Too busy doin’, ya know.
I firmly believe in the power of planning. So if you find yourself plan-less on January 19, I hope you will consider the following:
- Personally and professionally, if you don’t know where you want to go, it’s pretty hard to get there.
- It’s incredibly easy for human beings to simply be swept along by day-to-day events, spend all of their time just fighting fires, and never stop to figure out what they really want and how to make it happen.
- A plan is:
- a sequential list which details discrete tasks to be completed and deadlines for when they must be completed
- an organizing tool
- a roadmap, a blueprint
- a live, working, fluid document, intended to be revisited and revised as life happens and circumstances change
- a contract with yourself
- A plan is not:
- intended to be pristine or perfect or beautifully written
- static or set in stone
- supposed to be shoved in a drawer
- Having a plan gives you more flexibility, not less.
- It’s not too late. If you haven’t done your planning yet, today is a great time to start.
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