Taking action without any sort of planning can lead to you failing. It’s like riding your car to reach your destination without any idea on the directions needed to reach it. Moreover, you might reach your destination, but it would take huge amount of gasoline and time, because you might go in circles.
It’s the same concept as what you do with your day to day life. Without a clear idea on what you have to
This technique would increase your chances in succeeding in having a great day, and achieving your goals for the day.
You may have heard of the saying Proper Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance.
In simple terms, planning increases your chances of succeeding. The lack of it increases your chance of failing.
If you already know the list of things you need to do for the following day, your mind is already preparing while you are sleeping. And when you wake up, you can already get started and do your most important tasks! Your mind and body is already prepared, wherein the preparation was done the night before. All you have to do is to execute. But if you start the morning without a clear plan, you could actually be setting yourself up to fail.
Planning for the upcoming day is easy.
Step 1
Grab a pen and paper, and identify all the things you need to do tomorrow.
Step 2
For big tasks, break it down into smaller tasks.
Step 3
Sort the list in order of priority and importance. You may rewrite it, or put a number beside the task.
That’s all there is to it. For starters, you don’t need to make it complicated. It’s simple yet effective. You’ll be surprised with the positive effect of this small change to your work.
Always plan your day ahead to set up yourself for success!