Tag: Planning

Is Winning Everything?

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
photo by cottonbro

“Because it is. Every day, in everything you do, your wins are waiting for you. They are everywhere. But they won’t wait forever. Stop waiting to be told what you can or can’t do. Stop watching others win while you stand on the sidelines wondering when it’s going to be your turn. Your turn is now. Long-term goals are great … but “long-term” isn’t promised to anyone. Your skills and opportunities have an expiration date. If you want something, go get it now.”- Tim S. Grover

Alina Blumberg

It is clear: if you are not winning, you are losing. Your wins are waiting for you if you do the work. If you want to win, you must do the work. Do wait. Go to work!

You can do whatever you set out to do for yourself. Do not wait for people to tell you how to live your life. You know what is good for you, for your soul, then what are you still waiting for?

To win in your life, you must get your hands dirty. It is good to hope. It is good to plan for tomorrow. But if you are not willing to pay the price, tomorrow will never come.

Tomorrow depends on today.

Every day is an opportunity to change your life, to learn new things, to travel the world. Do not depend on yersterday’s knowledge. If you want to win, if you want to compete, you need today’s knowledge to do it. Because things are changing. Nothing stays the same. Do not fear. Whatever you want, you can get. But you must do the work. The question is, Are you will to get out of your comfort zone?

Whether You Like It Or Not, You Need A Plan

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
Photo by Bich Tran

Yes, you need a plan. It is important for you to have. If you have not created one, it is never too late to start something new.

You need a plan. A plan is your guide, is your director, is your map, is your GPS.

When you are creating your plan, do not be too rigid. Be flexible. Be open to strangers. Be open to future changes.

To achieve success, to reach your destination, Earl Nightingale said, “All you need is a plan- the road map- and the courage to press on to your destination, knowing in advance that there will be problems and setbacks, but knowing also that nothing on earth can stand in the way of a plan, backed by persistence and determination.”

If you want your plan to work, you must back it with love, with compassion, with focus, with energy, with courage, with faith. If not, it won’t work.

So when is it the right time to plan? Every time. Every day. And always.

Planning is important.

Morgan Housel says, “Planning is important, but the most important part of every plan is to plan on the plan not going according to plan.” “Planning is everything.” Remember that everything is not going to go according to plan. So you must “plan on the plan not going according to plan,”

It is good to plan, but if it cannot face today’s reality, then it is not a good plan. You must change it. You must revise it. You must let go of what is not working.

If your plan is not working, if your plan is not doing what it is supposed to do, if you are not getting the right results, then let it go. Let it go.

Because the future is unknown. The future is foggy. The future is uncertain. According to Morgan Housel, ” A plan is only useful if it can survive reality.” If your plan can’t survive reality, your reality, then drop it. Do not continue with it.

When do we need to plan?

Now. David Allen says, “When you most need to plan is usually when you think you don’t have time to plan.” You have time to plan. If you are not planning to succeed, then you are planning to fail. Why is that? Because “planning is everything.”