Planning for Your Success

If you don’t know where you are going any road will get you there.  Without a plan how can you prioritize your day, how do you know what a good customer looks like, how do you ask for referrals?

 

Recently I was coaching a client with his plan and I asked his assessment of how he was doing so far this year. There was silence on the other end of the phone while I waited. We then discussed his “critical goals” and looked at the plan he had built 6 months ago.

 

When a plane takes off from Newark airport the pilot has a flight plan. The plane may have to make adjustments as it flies west, it will eventually arrive at its destination, even though it was off course most of the time. The goal was to get to LA.

 

You must be absolutely clear about your destination.  Do you have clear, written, specific, measurable goals, committed to paper and organized into specific action plans? Can you answer the question…what do you want?

 

You must be prepared to launch in the face of your fears, doubts and natural reluctance to leave your comfort zone. Les Brown says, “To achieve something that you have never achieved before, you must be prepared to do something that you have never done before.”

 

You must resolve in advance to persist in the face of any difficulty or problem that you experience.  Recently I watched, with my family, the Will Smith movie “In Pursuit of Happiness”. The main character was certainly determined. Perhaps the most important quality for success is persistence.  You must resolve in advance that you will view every temporary setback or difficultly as merely a signal that you need to make an adjustment to reach your goal.

 

We are almost half way through 2008, now is a good time to take out your plan and see how you are doing with your journey.

 

“Motivation is what gets you started, habit is what keeps you going.”

 Jim Ryun.

CoachAnovick.com

Developing Potential, Producing Results

Paul Anovick

201-445-2822

 

Recently I was coaching a client with his plan and I asked his assessment of how he was doing so far this year. There was silence on the other end of the phone while I waited. We then discussed his “critical goals” and looked at the plan he had built 6 months ago.

 

When a plane takes off from Newark airport the pilot has a flight plan. The plane may have to make adjustments as it flies west, it will eventually arrive at its destination, even though it was off course most of the time. The goal was to get to LA.

 

You must be absolutely clear about your destination.  Do you have clear, written, specific, measurable goals, committed to paper and organized into specific action plans? Can you answer the question…what do you want?

 

You must be prepared to launch in the face of your fears, doubts and natural reluctance to leave your comfort zone. Les Brown says, “To achieve something that you have never achieved before, you must be prepared to do something that you have never done before.”

 

You must resolve in advance to persist in the face of any difficulty or problem that you experience.  Recently I watched, with my family, the Will Smith movie “In Pursuit of Happiness”. The main character was certainly determined. Perhaps the most important quality for success is persistence.  You must resolve in advance that you will view every temporary setback or difficultly as merely a signal that you need to make an adjustment to reach your goal.

 

We are almost half way through 2008, now is a good time to take out your plan and see how you are doing with your journey.

 

“Motivation is what gets you started, habit is what keeps you going.”

 Jim Ryun.

CoachAnovick.com

Developing Potential, Producing Results

Paul Anovick

201-445-2822

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A strategic plan is your plan for success. It will define your mission, your present situation, and where you want to be in three to five years. A strategic plan will allow you to anticipate problems and to make decisions that will help you meet your goals and objectives.