By Gift M. Dlamini
Power in Planning
A personal guide to what you want to be. Wake up from daydreaming and become an action-oriented person.
The book in brief
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
If you start working at 20 and retire at 60, you have just 480 productive months. Power in Planning helps you count what remains and use every month on purpose.
Myth: planning limits my freedom. Fact: planning gives me my freedom. The more time you spend planning, the less you need to execute — giving you time for what you value most.
Studies cited in the book show that of every 100 people exposed to the power of planning, only 3 put it into action — and those 3 went on to build more wealth than the other 97 combined.
A balanced life
Eight areas of your life
Communication & Cultural
Spiritual & Ethical
Physical & Health
Family & Home
Finance & Wealth
Profession & Career
Recreational & Social
Intellectual & Educational
The success formula
10 steps to personal development
- 1
Vision and Dream List
Write down or collect pictures of everything you want to be, do or have — regardless of age, time or finances.
- 2
Top 20 Goals
Choose the twenty most important items from your dream list and rank them in order of importance.
- 3
Philosophy Statements
Identify what you value most and decide who you are and what you stand for.
- 4
Potential Obstacles
For each goal, list any obstacles you may have to overcome to achieve it.
- 5
Solutions to Obstacles
List a few solutions for every obstacle to crystallise and focus your effort.
- 6
Resources Needed
Identify where, who and how to get the resources your solutions require.
- 7
Affirmations
Write declarations that support your goals and repeat them until they become belief.
- 8
Objectives
Break each goal into long-range (5 years), medium-range and short-range (1 month) action steps.
- 9
Visualisation
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve. See the outcome clearly.
- 10
Completion Date
Set a deadline for every goal so your plan becomes a commitment, not a wish.
“The chicken said, ‘I am committed to giving one egg every day.’ ‘That is not commitment,’ said the pig. ‘That is participation.’”
Where are you today?
Rate yourself on 24 statements, see your balance across all eight areas and receive a personal report and summary image.
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