Goal Achievement: Planning

This is part 5 of a 7-part series on what it takes to successfully achieve goals.

• Part 1: Goal Achievement: Introduction
• Part 2: ESPER
• Part 3: Establish
• Part 4: Strategy
• Part 5: Planning
• Part 6: Execution
• Part 7: Review

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“Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” – A. A. Milne

Planning is the 3rd step of ESPER framework. Where in Strategy you identify the overall principles to nail your goal, in Planning you use those principles to develop a fully structured plan, complete with all the specific details. In this step and the next (Execution), you will find that your left brain and organization skills play a very important role.

The objective of developing a plan is to (1) organize your tasks and (2) allocate your resources accordingly so that you can achieve your specified goals within your desired time frame. It is a reflection of where your time and energy will be channeled into. If it is well developed, it will keep you organized in your goal pursuit. If it is messy and haphazard, you will find your tasks get thrown into disarray when you are pursuing your goal. (more…)

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Published Jan 22 2009
Filed: Goals & Success
Tags: achieving goals, esper, organize, organizing, planning