What is your philosophy for getting what you want out of life? Well, if you have no philosophy or plan, how do you expect to achieve it? That’s my motivation for bringing this to your attention today. Success, in this life, typically takes a plan of action. So, in the spirit of getting what you want out of life, what steps will you take today to make success happen?
Here are a few quotes about having a plan of action from some very successful people. I am sure that most of you will recognize some of these names!
"For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour."
By: Mary Kay Ash
"Speaking from my personal experiences, setting goals, along with a detailed action plan, has actually changed my life from one cast in frustration to one of purpose."
Catherine Pulsifer
"You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life."
Les Brown
"You can have everything in life that you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want."
Zig Ziglar
WOW! Those are some very compelling quotes, don’t you think so? One of my favorites is Zig Ziglar’s quote stating that we can have everything if we just help enough other people get there too! That is so true, and having a plan of action should include helping others get to where they want to be! This is something that I have personally been doing for many years, and something that I hope that you include in your action plan as well!
Having a plan of action should also include having an alternate way of doing things if Plan A doesn’t work. Sometimes we do our very best to try and make things work out, but occasionally one way won’t work. Do you give up because what you tried at first failed? NO, absolutely not! because every problem has a solution! We simply go to Plan B on try to make that plan work. There may be more attempts made too, but you keep going until you find the right plan of action for you.
One last thing, let me just talk a little bit about the word F-A-I-L-U-R-E. I absolutely loathe that word, and please try to refrain yourself from using it. If you attempt to do something, say a plan of action as we already spoke about here, and it does not work DO NOT look at it as a failure, or that you failed. Call it a learning process! If you have to try different alternatives, or plans, to get to where you want to be, that is okay. If you tell yourself enough times that you failed, or that you are a failure, that is what the mind is hearing and than that is what you will become. You want to stay away from any negativity, even in the words that we use as we talk to ourselves in our minds, or when you talk to others.
So, what plan of action are you going to take today to achieve your success?
WRITTEN BY: MARILYN MARTIN
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