While we have not, as yet, created an effective plan for the achievement of each of your goals have provided you with the propulsion to do so. Empowerment deals primarily with the aspect of programming your nervous system so you can sense the value of achieving them. We could say it is predominantly right-brain. It taps into your creative powers. Planning and Time Maximisation, deals primarily with the aspect of managing your daily activities through time towards the achievement of your goals. Therefore, this is predominantly left-brain. In essence, we are leading with the right and managing with the left.
Within this strategy I will stress the importance of creating adequate plans through which you can direct the thrust of Empowerment. Following planning, we will then consider how to maximise the use of time. It is through the amalgamation of these two aspects, planning and time maximisation, that we create an economy of force - the ability to achieve each of our goals with the least possible expenditure of energy and effort. So, let's start this strategy by considering the importance of creating a workable, systematic plan for the achievement of each of the goals that you've set.
Planning
Once upon a time, there was a woodcutter who won every wood-chopping event for a decade straight, without defeat! A zealous reporter asked the man, "Sir, where did you learn to chop like that?" The woodcutter replied, "In the Sahara Desert." With a somewhat puzzled expression on his face, the reporter protested, "But there are no trees in the Sahara Desert." With a cheesy grin the woodcutter replied, "There aren't now!"
Any professional woodcutter respects the benefits that flow from wielding a sharp axe. In fact, those at a world-class level sharpen their axes to the degree they can effortlessly shave the hair off their arms just by lightly skimming the surface of the skin.
You have examined the need to be accountable and to use your power of choice wisely. You've discovered the importance of building up on a foundation of time-honoured virtues. You now understand the power of perception and have defined your mission and some goals that will take you toward it. You were then encouraged to use the tools of belief, imagination and emotion to awaken your inner potential for goal achievement.
The motivation derived from Strategy 4, however, can drive you to chop away at life in a frantic attempt to produce your desired outcomes. If your axe is dull, however, motivation alone will not produce what you're capable of when wielding a sharp axe. By combining motivation with planning, by tempering Empowerment with the tools of Strategy 5, you'll be equipped to achieve each of your goals, with less energy and effort. So, let's now look at how to create a sharper cutting edge for effective goal accomplishment.
In his classic, Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill states the number one cause for failure in life is the inability to organise details. I agree with his findings. Most people hope to succeed on an adlib basis. The successful in life, however, are the totally planned people. They have every "t" crossed and each "i" dotted and it is this high level of priority planning that provides them with a great deal of control over their day and therefore over their lives. To join the ranks of high achievers you must also get grubby with the details.
"If you fail to plan, you plan to fail."
- Author unknown
Before a house is built, an architect creates a plan. From these blueprints, builders then follow a series of logical steps as they work methodically towards the successful completion of a beautiful house. Likewise, you are the architect of your life.
Each of your goals now needs to be broken down into a series of achievable, bite-sized pieces. Question: How do you eat an elephant? Answer: Bite by bite. You must take the mountains that stand before you: that excess 26 kilograms; that $5000 you need for a deposit on a new home; the 26 motivational books you want to read - whatever your goals are - and break them down into molehills.
"The secret to getting ahead is getting started. The secret to getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small, manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one."
- Mark Twain
By creating a blueprint for the achievement of each of your goals, you will know precisely what to do, when to do it and the order in which each step needs to be taken.
Often we fail to understand the essence of getting inspired in life. It is the most crucial aspect that instills motivation and helps us to become successful in whatever we do.
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