Bountiful Results » opportunity http://www.bountifulresults.com Dare to Dream - Plan for Success - Take the first step to Achieve! Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:33:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Planning for Success http://www.bountifulresults.com/2009/12/planning-for-success/ http://www.bountifulresults.com/2009/12/planning-for-success/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:45:02 +0000 John http://www.bountifulresults.com/?p=133 “We do not plan to fail, we fail to plan”.  The saying is true but I think that there is much more to it.  I think that sometimes I create a plan in haste and leave out some import aspects.  Some of my best plans have been developed over a day or two.  I will layout the framework of the plan and start filling in the who-what-when-where and then I will put it down for awhile.  I haven’t forgot about it, the details will come to me little by little.  I have noticed that if I write a plan in the morning and come back to it and reread it in the evening; I will have a fresh perspective.  Our body and mind go through cycles.  I am the most logical in the morning and the most creative in the afternoon.  I have the most energy physically in the evening and I am slow to start in the morning.  I know my cycles and will maximize these cycles for bountiful results.  When I work on things through these different cycles, I can make sure that I have tapped into the logical and the creative.

If I am struggling to build a bountiful plan I will use some if not all of the following to assist in the creative process.

  • Put it down and come back to it 36 hours later.  My subconscious will still work on it, but it will be a different time of the day.
  • Sometimes I use family, a friend or a teammate as a sounding board for my ideas.  Sometimes just saying it out loud generates additional thoughts.
  • Mind-mapping is a good technique for getting your thoughts down on paper.  Our mind is full of associations to various points  in time and personal experiences.  Once you establish the main theme for the map – relax your mind and allow it to freely associate.  write down the information as your brain sees it.  Do not try to put it in a list form.  I find this helps me to look at all aspects of a task.

I am sure that you have your own tools that you use to generate ideas and unlock great inspirations in your own mind.  Don’t forget to consider the critical issues and the roadblocks that can pop up.

What do you do to plan for success?  I would love to hear from you.  Click on “comments” above or email me at: john@bountifulresults.com

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My boss would ask me to contribute to the meeting and I would offer to run it for him.  I went the extra mile to gain those extra management skills and to gain comfort leading the meetings and other people.  Those journeys beyond what was required led to my promotion.  I also find great happiness in offering unsolicited praise and recognition.  Not only can it lift the other person up, it does wonders for your own morale.

The Thanksgiving holiday is approaching.  Seek out someone that needs a hand or needs help finding a reason to be thankful. Help them up and then ask them to walk the extra mile with you while you seek out the next person that needs a hand up.

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This is one of my favorite quotes.  When I have an opportunity to teach something, I feel that it is a gift that will continue to give.  When we learn to “fish” we take a step closer to being more self reliant.  I do not know of anyone that has a greater stake in me being successful than myself.  I want to create every opportunity and open every door that I can.

There are many teachers out there in a wide range of topics.

Are you ready to go fishing?  Are you waiting for someone to bring you your next fish? The first part of getting bountiful results is having a need.  The next part is creating a plan.  Create a plan to fish for many years to come.

Another interesting tidbit about teaching that I enjoy is that when I am preparing the lesson or presentation,  I often learn even more.

All this talk about food is making me hungry.  I’m Goin Fishing.

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