There are so many benefits to planning ahead. It will save you time and money. It also saves you energy and allows people to take full advantage of great opportunities.
Like a Boy Scout: be prepared.
The magic is often in the actual planning itself. You will recognise bottlenecks in advance and see how things work well before they need to.
Go on. Draw out your treasure map for the future. Plan ahead.
Great conversations find common ground. If both parties look for things they have in common, most often they will realise that there are very few things they actually disagree with.
If you begin with the belief you are miles apart, on all the issues, then you probably will be. Our minds tend to prove beliefs we hold.
But if you believe you probably have a lot more in common than you think, your brain will seek out those common points. And often you’ll find that it is true.
Everyone wants an easy route to success. Sit on the beach, drink Mai-Tai’s and let the wins pile up.
That would be great!
It’s not really realistic though. I suppose a few people could organise their situation to have this happen. Though I doubt it would work for most people.
Recall music or sports managers or agents that have ripped off people. You can outsource work, but you had better be very tightly managing the outsource activity. Trust but verify – daily! At worst you could do it weekly. But do not leave it longer than that.
This is how most of life goes.
You have a wish, desire or goal. You develop a little or big plan to achieve that goal. Then you start out all excited trying to achieve your goal.
Things then happen and you often will find out you need to pivot at that point.
From there it may all be fine so you can continue. However, if it is not all fine, you may need to pivot again.
Then repeat this process for everything you do in life. It’s that simple.
Life is simple if you follow the formula.
Eat simple and move. Provide value to others. Treat others as you wish to be treated.
If you want to get better, it takes effort. Consistency is pretty important.
If you want it bad enough, you’ll sacrifice comfort and put in the work you know you should do but don’t really want to do.
Stop hoping for an easier way. There isn’t one. Do the work or stay the same.
Starting can be hard, especially things we consider big or important. Smaller projects or tasks, that aren’t considered too tricky or important, get started more easily. Then we have too many projects and don’t complete them.
Two things can help here. First, discipline yourself to only start any project, large or small, if you’re going to complete it 100%. Otherwise, pass on that project or task. Secondly, once a project is started, focus on completing it as quickly as possible.
Then you can enjoy life a lot more.
Complain less. Keep your mind focused on what amazing would look like. What do you want? Not what you will settle for.
This is hard for most people. People know what they don’t want or what they are fine with. But it often takes some serious inner work to figure out what you truly want. Not what you’re supposed to want, but really, actually want.
Stop complaining and focusing on past grievances. Bygones.
Keep your mind focused on the future and the amazing components of your amazing life. You get what you think about most of the time.
Think slim. Think wealthy. Think kindness.
There are lots of great things to think about. Think about those things and those things exclusively.
Push yourself to get through your own mental blocks. And nudge at other boundaries too.
Don’t take things too far. But do push.
If your new goals can help you develop a solid daily routine, you’ll increase your chances of reaching your goals.
Set up your environment to win. Plan and schedule with calendars and alarms. Prepare your tools and resources the day before. It sounds so simple. It is so simple.
Put some effort in and you will reach beyond the stars!
You know your goals. You have a plan. You’re tracking your progress daily. Now you just need to stay on track!
