Plan to get things done –

2022 is a new year. Where do you want to be at the end of this year?

        Your work break is the time to plan. 

        First, you must make some courageous decisions.

        Make a plan, and set some goals.   

        Then there are four keys to success – have a tenacity of purpose, what you know, who you know and gaining the necessary resources.

        Most successful people are just common people who apply themselves in uncommon ways.

A handful of tips to get things done

* What’s to be done? 

        Practice thrift or things will drift.

        Forecast where you plan to go.

        Set down the conditions and assumptions under which your steps will be done.

        The failure to plan is a plan for failure.

        When do you hope to achieve your goals?

        Be brave and keep your goals to the fore.

        Knowledge is power but the action gets things done.           

* What resources will you need? 

        Budget your time and financial costs.

        Practice thrift or things will drift.

        How much time will be needed for the various tasks?

* Create policies, procedures, and methods

        Set goals and standards to be achieved so you will know when they have been reached.

* Anticipate problems and decide how to overcome them

        Make up a list of possible events that might occur.  

* Your  plan is not a static thing

        Changes must be made if conditions change.

        Make sudden changes if and when it is required, but be prepared.

* Make sure you  know what you  have to do

        Clarify tasks you need to get done by when.

Geoffrey Moss (mossassociates.co.nz)

“Work out your own salvation, don’t depend on others.”

Source: Time-Savers, Moss Associates.Ltd  New Zealand; McGraw-Hill, Australia & Times Business Books,  a Federal Publication, Singapore.