The Plan

[From Peter Thompson, TGI Monday, January 04, 2016, Augmented]

So, by now, January 4, 2016, we’ve FINALLY made our personal and professional resolutions for the year ahead … our GRAND GOALS.  The question now is: How are we going to carry them out?

Here’s a suggested step-wise blueprint for the New Year:

• ·         Goal
•  
• ·         Plan
•  
• ·         Action
•  
• ·         Review / Get Feedback
•  
• ·         Reconstruct/Revise/Reformulate/Refresh/Reiterate

The most common business axiom on planning, trite but true, is:

“If you fail to plan – you plan to fail”

Perhaps it was Stephen Covey who most notably pointed out that the big stones need to go in the jar first.

So, with the goals firmly in mind for the future ahead, now is the moment to sit, think, write and create:

THE PLAN!!!

No plan – no success
No plan – who knows what’s first next?
No plan – no glory

No plan – no sanity / no “presence of mind”
No plan – no determination / no dedication / no commitment / no productive engagement
No plan – ( … add your own words here … )

And so…………..  Urgingly – let’s do a PLAN.

It can be simple.
It can be just a few lines, one page at best.
It is so inspiring and energizing when we see the road ahead drawn in rich clarity.

Action almost naturally follows

Ooh, I like it!

Goal > Plan > Action > Review / Get Feedback > Reiterate

Let’s go on then – no more coffee till it’s done!

Peter T. (and QM)