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Planning Ahead In Your Life:

Okay, this is probably the hardest to plan ahead for, since life is pretty good at throwing us curve balls. But there are still ways we can plan ahead, either for us or for those around us. For instance, have you planned how much extra you can put to the mortgage to make your home your own faster? Or how you’ll cope if your partner falls seriously ill, and you have children? Who can you reach out to? Or how about the discussion that’ll arise if your son or daughter comes home one day and says their views on a topic you’re passionate about have changed and they’re in direct – and possibly harmful – conflict with you?

Your Turn:

These are just some of the ways we can all plan ahead, whether in our personal or professional lives, or somewhere in-between. There are many more – the main point is that they’re all related. What happens at work affects your home life, and very often vice versa.

How to Think Ahead:

No one can see the future, yet we all must make guesses about it in order to make decisions and be better prepared for what comes our way. The guesses that we make aren't based on seeing the future, but on our knowledge and past experiences, with a little bit of insight mixed in. If you don't want to be blindsided by the future and want to feel ready for whatever challenges life may throw at you, then you have to become a master at thinking ahead.

 

1. Determine what you want to plan or prepare for. The future is a big place with many eventualities, but chances are that you want to address a specific situation,problem, or opportunity. Define this end to the best of your abilities.

 

2. Use your intuition. Not all decisions are rational or carefully analyzed, and intuitive guesses can often be quite powerful. What feels right? What do you think will happen? When you use your intuition, you draw upon your experience and knowledge in a different way than when you make a rational analysis.

  • Listen to your first instinct. Intuition often works best before you've had time to study any details, so pay attention to it, even if you do not act immediately on it.

  • Intuition may clue you in to emotional factors and subtle cues that you might otherwise miss. If something feels wrong about a situation or you just don't like somebody, don't ignore it, even if you can't put your finger on the problem.

  • Use intuition as a "lead" rather than as a solution. Investigate what might be causing your hunch or gut feeling and dig deeper until you find it.

 

​3. Consider what you already know. Prior knowledge comes from many places. Have you tried something similar before? Do you know how somebody is likely to react? Have you seen something done or could you read about others' experiences with a situation? Could you ask others? Can you try something out or gather data that might suggest what could happen?

 

4. Detect your own bias. People tend to bias their guesses and actions in certain predictable ways. For example, recent events may play a larger role in influencing decisions than they warrant; or, you may be more likely to believe something just because everyone around you believes it. If you think this sort of thing is happening, start looking closely at hard evidence (like facts and numbers) and question your own assumptions. Consult the list of cognitive biases[1] for common presumptions and biases and see if any apply to you.

 

5. Invent hypothetical situations related to your objective. Ask yourself "what if" for various possibilities and imagine possible outcomes, possible courses of events that could result. Especially, think about possible consequences of different courses of action.

 

6. Consider the worst-case scenario. What is the worst thing that could possibly happen? Evaluate the possible risks.

  • Is the worst case something you and others could tolerate? Could you clean up a mess, try again later, apologize, lose a bit of money, or cope with criticism orrejection?

  • Is the worst case something you could plan for, avoid, or mitigate?

  • Is the worst case too risky or too undesirable?

  • How likely is the worst case, and how likely is an undesirable outcome?

 

7. Consider the best-case scenario. What is the best thing that could possibly happen? Evaluate the possible rewards.

  • What can you do to bias the outcome towards the best case?

  • Where should you set your goals?

  • How likely is the best case, and how likely is a desirable outcome?

 

8. Think of possible actions to take. If you are trying to think ahead, it is probably because you want to decide how to respond to some situation or need, so think of possible responses.

 

9. Evaluate those actions. Based on your experience and knowledge about how such events usually turn out, choose or narrow down which action to take.

 

10. Prepare. Whatever you have to get ready, be it people, equipment, facilities, plans, or simply courage, get it ready.

  • Writing can be a powerful tool for preparation. It helps you remember your plans, and it helps you to see them completely. Use a calendar or notebook,checklist, chart, whatever helps you.

 

11. Try it. Act according to your forecasts and your plans. Then, let life take its course. See what happens. By taking note of the outcome, you will have more experience and knowledge to draw upon the next time you must make a decision such as this one.

 

12. Adjust. As you see what really does transpire, adjust your actions or responses as best as you can. You may not have the opportunity to change course after you begin, but you do have the benefit of acquiring new information or results. Use them to decide how to modify your actions in the present and in the future.

Time Management: How To Plan Ahead In Your Life:

Time Management: How-To Plan Ahead

Life is full of activities, deadlines, and events. The key to effectively balancing your daily responsibilities is time management. Planning your time makes it much easier to set aside time to study and complete your schoolwork.

 

Calendar Your Semester

Take a look at your semester long calendar and find the spots in your day that are not already blocked off. Make a to-do list that can be completed in those open spots to manage your time.

Helpful Hints on Creating Your Calendar:

  1. Use an easily accessed monthly calendar

  2. Record important dates from your course syllabus

  3. Mark down important events

  4. Review your calendar every month

  5. Don’t wait until the end of the month before looking at the next month’s schedule

 

Schedule Each Week

Schedule your each week that what will you do in this week and make a proper plan and implement your plan according to your Schedule, sure you will be able to manage time.

 

Make a Daily To-Do List

Each day you should create a to-do list for the next day. This will allow you to prioritize what you need to get done and help you plan the following day.

Plan ahead and make a routine to keep yourself on track. Make it easier for yourself – start planning now!

 

Practice the following techniques to become the master of your own time:

  1. Carry a schedule and record all your thoughts, conversations and activities for a week. This will help you understand how much you can get done during the course of a day and where your precious moments are going. You'll see how much time is actually spent producing results and how much time is wasted on unproductive thoughts, conversations and actions.

  2. Any activity or conversation that's important to your success should have a time assigned to it. To-do lists get longer and longer to the point where they're unworkable. Appointment books work. Schedule appointments with yourself and create time blocks for high-priority thoughts, conversations, and actions. Schedule when they will begin and end. Have the discipline to keep these appointments.

  3. Plan to spend at least 50 percent of your time engaged in the thoughts, activities and conversations that produce most of your results.

  4. Schedule time for interruptions. Plan time to be pulled away from what you're doing. Take, for instance, the concept of having "office hours." Isn't "office hours" another way of saying "planned interruptions?"

  5. Take the first 30 minutes of every day to plan your day. Don't start your day until you complete your time plan. The most important time of your day is the time you schedule to schedule time.

  6. Take five minutes before every call and task to decide what result you want to attain. This will help you know what success looks like before you start. And it will also slow time down. Take five minutes after each call and activity to determine whether your desired result was achieved. If not, what was missing? How do you put what's missing in your next call or activity?

  7. Put up a "Do not disturb" sign when you absolutely have to get work done.

  8. Practice not answering the phone just because it's ringing and e-mails just because they show up. Disconnect instant messaging. Don't instantly give people your attention unless it's absolutely crucial in your business to offer an immediate human response. Instead, schedule a time to answer email and return phone calls.

  9. Block out other distractions like Facebook and other forms of social media unless you use these tools to generate business.

  10. Remember that it's impossible to get everything done. Also remember that odds are good that 20 percent of your thoughts, conversations and activities produce 80 percent of your results.

Help take the burden off your loved ones by taking your end-of-life decisions in advance, in a calm and thoughtful atmosphere.
       AIDA MODEL:

 

A - Attention      I - Interest

D - Desire            A - Action 

Strength:

 

A strength is the ability to consistently provide near-perfect performance in a specific activity. The key to building a strength is to identify your dominant talents, then complement them by acquiring knowledge and skills pertinent to the activity.​

1. Starting Strength               2. Speed Strength
3. Relative Strength              4. Maximum Strength
5. Explosive Strength            6. Strength Endurance
7. Agile Strength
Pre-planning:

 

In today's era behind the unsuccess of human life is their unplanned work and this is the reason that they are facing big adversity and difficulties in their life. If they do their work with proper planning that's my challenge they will see posotive impact and great change in their life.

Planning is the process of deciding in advance what to do, when to do, why to do, how to do, and who to do it, so always you work with proper plan and see positive result.

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