Success is not an accident. It begins with a
well-conceived plan. You can and will achieve more in the next year than you
have in the past ten with a disciplined Personal Strategic Plan.
Personal strategic planning is a disciplined thought process, which
produces fundamental decisions and actions that shape and guide who you are,
where you are going, what you do, and how, when and why you do it. All of
this is done with a focus on the future.
The purpose of personal strategic planning is to
help you:
Provide direction, meaning, and purpose for your life. Make decisions that positively affect your future. Focus your energies
on what's most important. Achieve the greatest results in the shortest
period of time. Significantly increase your level of performance. Enjoy more time, money, balance and freedom. Eliminate uncertainty,
anxiety, doubt and fear. Leverage your skills more effectively. Enhance your quality of life, and overall peace of mind Be more, do
more and ultimately to have more from life.
Personal strategic planning is based on the premise that life will not
go according to plan, if you do not have a plan.
A successful plan must include the following:
Personal Philosophy: Every
person has a personal philosophy, consisting of some rules adopted from
one's parents, culture, religion, acquaintance and so on.
Generally speaking, these rules, as a body are not well thought out and
contain a wealth of inconsistencies and contradictions.
Legacy Statement: Your legacy serves
as your life's defining statement. It serves a two-fold purpose. First it
provides an overarching framework for all mission statements and goals to
follow.
Second it answers the question, "What do I want
to be remembered for?"
Mission Statement: A mission
statement is a declaration of who you are, why you exist, and what you
intend to accomplish.
In business, the organizational mission answers the big question: "What
is our business?" In personal planning, the question is "What is my life's
business?" In both cases, the answer must define the reason for being.
Core Values: Our values act as our
compass, guiding us through life's terrain.
One certain way of knowing that you are living in accordance with your
values is by defining guidelines and measurements for value centered living.
Code of Ethics: Words quietly
influence our attitudes and opinions.
Codes of conduct, personal creeds, and pledges all reflect an effort to
make sense of things, to organize behavior, and to better understand
ourselves.
Lifetime Objectives: Your objectives
should be written within the framework of your Legacy & Mission Statements.
The key to any
Personal Strategic Plan is to visualize your desired outcomes in
advance. Be sure to write and rewrite your Lifetime Objectives as
affirmations of the future you are working to realize.
Goals: The key in writing your goals
is to make them measurable, specific, and time-bound.
Goals need to be written for each of the ten critical areas of life to
include: Personal, Health, Recreation, Family, Friends, Community, Career,
Financial, Household and Spiritual.
Personal Board of Directors: A
personal board will accelerate your progress by providing both wisdom and
support for the attainment of a specific purpose.
Maintenance & Performance Check-Ups:
On a monthly basis, you should pause to evaluate your performance. What
progress have you made? Where have your been challenged? What do you need to
do differently or more of?
It is also important to step back and consider whether any of your goals
are unachievable.
Personal Reason Why: You won't
become successful until and unless you identify, support and empower your
reasons why. Your why's provide fuel for achievement, and are the reasons
behind all action and inaction.
The hallmark of all high achievers is a burning why. They know what they
want, how and when they will achieve it, but most importantly they know WHY
they want to become successful at achieving their goals.
In Summary
You can
significantly increase the odds of success, if you know who you are, what
you want, where you are going, how you will get there, and what you will do
once you arrive.
The best way to predict your future is to create it. Therefore, a
well-defined personal strategic plan, properly executed, is your meal ticket
to success.
In order to best prepare yourself for success, I am delighted to
introduce you to
My Goals - Personal Strategic Planning program.
This
exciting program is like having an insurance policy on success. It will
focus your thinking and challenge you to reach for new heights.
Happy holidays to you and your family, and my very best wishes for a
prosperous, joy-filled New Year!
Everything Counts!
About the Author: Gary Ryan Blair is a
visionary and gifted conceptual thinker. As President of
The GoalsGuy he has created a world-class library of products and
services which are designed to inspire people to realize their full
potential while making the heart sing, the mind expand and the spirit soar.
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