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Making a plan means identifying specific tasks you need to do to accomplish your goal or complete your project. Instead of thinking only about the ultimate result, consider all the individual steps and moving parts.
Now, after you've identified some goals
for yourself, it's
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important to focus on them one at a time.
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It doesn't mean you can't work on a bunch
of goals concurrently, it does mean
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that you should take the time to evaluate
and make a plan for each one.
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And this requires some focused attention.
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All too often, many of us identify a goal
and
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we rush into trying to accomplish it
without making a plan.
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We wanna lose weight so we buy a bunch of
healthy
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food or we buy a workout device like a Fit
Bit.
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But a week later, there's a bunch of
uneaten, no longer fresh food in
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the fridge and the Fit Bit has been
sitting on our desk, totally unused.
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Well even though our intentions were good,
we acted
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without thinking, and now, we've lost time
and resources.
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This could happen at work too, but instead
of wasting our own personal
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resources, we might end up wasting other
team members' time or company resources.
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We don't wanna do that.
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Making a plan means identifying specific
tasks that you need
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to do, to accomplish your goal, or
complete your project.
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Instead of thinking only about the
ultimate result,
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consider all the individual steps and
moving parts.
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I want to write a blog post every day.
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I wanna volunteer more in my community.
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I wanna save money and buy a house.
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I mean, these are all wonderful goals, but
what
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steps will you actually take to accomplish
each one?
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A good place to start is to consider the
classic
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group of questions, who, what, where,
when, why, and how.
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If we're going to evaluate a goal, and
identify tasks, let's begin.
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The who, who is going to work on
accomplishing this goal?
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And I assume that's you, but also make
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note of who else might have to be
involved.
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Who you're going to be waiting for if
you're part of a bigger
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process, or who you might have to ask for
approval, or questions from.
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The what and the how.
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Identify what actually needs to be
delivered, and
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then break down the steps leading up to
it.
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Do you have everything you need to get
started,
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or will you need to acquire assets or
materials?
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Do you have the expertise to accomplish
each step?
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What order will tasks need to be done in?
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Without this step, you could end up
focusing on the wrong tasks.
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The where and the when.
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Where can you work on your task, and how
much time will you need?
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What kind of deadline do you have, or
milestones
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along the way, when you have to show
progress?
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Without a deadline, there's no motivation
to
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finish something within a certain amount
of time.
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The Why.
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Hopefully, you've already considered
whether your goal or
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project is important, but it's vital to
ask again.
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Is this a priority?
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Will completing this goal be a positive
thing, or are
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there other goals or projects you should
be doing first?
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By going through each question and
identifying individual
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tasks, the scope of your project becomes
clearer.
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