Scheduling Dates with Destiny

I am going to recommend that you open up whatever system you use for planning, electronic, paper or both, and set up the following dates with yourself:

(I will be assuming that you work Monday thru Friday. If your schedule is different, then adjust this accordingly.)

Right now, for the balance of this year, schedule:

2 hours every Friday afternoon to review the week that you just used up and to plan the week ahead that is still yours to create.

2 hours the last Thursday before the end of every month to review the month that you just used up and to plan the month ahead that is still yours to create.

2 hours the last Wednesday before the end of every quarter to review the quarter that you just used up and to plan the quarter ahead that is still yours to create.

2 hours the last Tuesday before the end of every 6 month period to review the 6 months that you just used up and to plan the 6 months ahead that is still yours to create.

1 full week, somewhere near the end of the year, to go somewhere by yourself, somewhere fun and empowering, where you can spend a full week nurturing yourself and being pampered...whatever that means to you and a full week of dreaming, reviewing the year past, looking at the year ahead and looking forward at least the next 10 years of your life.

Finally, 5 minutes every morning and every evening to review your top 5 goals for the year and your whys for each goal...your passion and purpose for making these things happen.

If you schedule these times, show up, do your best, have fun, be honest with yourself, and ask yourself some decent questions, which I will give you, then I will make you this promise, based on my work with thousands of clients, and my work with myself:

The things that you only dream of now, and perhaps have been just dreams your entire life, will become part of your everyday reality. The only thing that can stop you is death and it is useful to remember that we all have that price to pay, especially if you find yourself hesitating or acting like you have forever...you don't. Or as my dear mother likes to remind me still: "Jack, no one gets out alive. Do your best today." Thanks mom.

Till next time...Jack