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If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you will fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they may have planned for you? NOT MUCH!
Year-end Review
We are approaching the end of another year. 2015 will be in the rear-view mirror within weeks of of this podcast. This is the time of year that we should begin to evaluate our performance past and our goals future. Taking the time to reflect is vital for all successful leaders. Flip the pages of your calendar to see if your goals actually showed up in time slots on the calendar.
Consider these four life lessons.
1. Life really is simple – keeping it that way is difficult. I believe that our digital lifestyle has complicated our life instead of simplifying it. Do not allow the distractions of our digital age to crowd your living and your goals. Consider the following in developing a life strategy; Can I personalize if where it transform my soul. Can I repeat this activity quickly without extreme effort. Will this transform other people of various ethnicities.
2. Designing your life is more important that designing your career. Reese Witherspoon stated that people worry too much about managing their careers but rarely manage their life. She states that I want to make my life – not my job!
3. Life is not a dress rehearsal – Life is not about a dress rehearsal for a grand performance someday. Today is the show – there are no do-over’s. Do not live with a mentality of the “some-day maybe’s!” Today matters!
4. Multiply everything by two – We tend to over estimate the end result and under estimate the cost. Double the price tag to stay grounded in reality. This truth is important to comprehend that growing yourself will take twice as long as you anticipate. Double the time expectation to grow.
Consider some insights regarding systems that can assist us in achieving extraordinary results.
Effective systems help us to see the BIG PICTURE of life
Effective growth systems make use of priorities
Effective systems are measurable
Effective systems include application
Effective systems employ organization
Effective systems promote consistency
“If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plans will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us!” – Jim Rohn
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