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Plan part 3

“A good plan today, is better than a perfect plan tomorrow” – George S Patton

As we enter into the final step of the plan we will walk into the disciplined mindset of our goals.  Prior to doing so there is one final point to address.  The reality is our plan must make sense, it absolutely is required to be sensible.  So often, we get excited about change and begin to take on a new approach to life, which is commendable, because the cold hard fact is if you make no changes, you will get the same results!

Plan – Practical

The word practical is defined as “relating to practice or action”, but commonly refers to good judgment in action, conduct, and the handling of everyday matters. 

The same applies when it comes to developing plans for success, especially since it leads into establishing goals.  The discipline mindset is one of power and passion, it will produce positivity.  But alongside such great benefits, there is an excitement which comes with envisioning the outcome.  It is at this moment when practicality plays its most prevalent role by drawing the vision and plan into the realm of sensibility.  

You cannot reach what you cannot see, goals must be achievable, attainable and applicable.  If there is anything you come away with from this article, let it be this statement, allow it to be indelibly written in your mind.  It will be the one thing, keeping you disciplined in the establishment of goals, it is the practical side of success and winning.  No one has ever woke up in the morning and said, “I cannot wait to lose today.”  The act of losing is unnatural and uncomfortable, even though it is a destined event in every aspect of life (i.e. we lose friends, competitions, games etc.).  Having the practical part in the disciplined mind will keep us from setting expectations in which we will only meet with failure.  This does not mean by any stretch of the imagination we should settle for mediocrity, it does mean our plan needs to meet reality.  

A practical plan brings about goals which will  compliment and build upon one another and in many ways function symbiotically as a whole rather than individual measures and marks.  Ask these questions concerning our plan, Does it have a purpose?  Can I give it preeminence?  Is it practical?

“You cannot reach what you cannot see, goals must be achievable, attainable and applicable.”