| The Personal Planner is an underated tool that | | | | forget why you set it in the first place. |
| many of us have neglected. Little do people know, | | | | Hence, a better way to keep reminding yourself |
| this personal planner is a very power tool which | | | | of your goals is to put it with you. And constantly |
| can act as our coach, manager and secretary. | | | | "talk" to it. |
| 1st question: How often do you look at your | | | | 3 Things you should do today |
| Personal Planner? | | | | 1) Write your goals on your PP, preferably in a |
| Why ask this? The reason is because if you see it | | | | way that will remind you of the day you set it. |
| as a part of your tools for achieving your goals, | | | | So it's best to write on the calender entry. Use 1 |
| then the number of times u look at it will decide | | | | short phrase to represent it. For example, if you |
| how committed you are to your goals. | | | | goal is to lose 10kg by 12 months, say "10kg, 12 |
| If you look at it 5 times a day, you will be | | | | months". If your goal is to earn consistently $10K |
| reminded 5 times a day of your goals. If you look | | | | a month, say "$10K/month. Consistently." "GPA: |
| at it once every 2 days, you are reminded of | | | | 4.5". Try to use more nouns in it so that you can |
| your goals once every 2 days. | | | | visualize easily. Do not say "Earning $10K/mth", |
| So how many times? | | | | saying "$10K/mth" instead will create a solid image |
| 2nd question: How often do you write on your | | | | of a "$10K-month". |
| Personal Planner? | | | | 2) Insert your action plan into calender entries. |
| Same thing: the more you write, the more | | | | Strike out days when they are over. When you're |
| focused and committed you are on your goals. | | | | striking out, this action forces you to rethink your |
| 3rd question: What do you write on your Personal | | | | day and what have you achieve. This is so simple |
| Planner? | | | | yet critical because you are tracking your |
| Is you Personal Planner just a calender? Or do | | | | progress. Many people set goals but never track. |
| you constantly "talk" to your Personal Planner? Do | | | | This will hinder the action plan as sometimes we |
| you state your goals in it? Do you write your | | | | tend to forget what actions should we take. |
| deepest fears and wildest dreams in it? | | | | 3) Write your goals on the top or bottom of |
| What many of us fail to do in goal setting | | | | every page. You know those notebooks with |
| Most of us have the right start but do not follow | | | | motivational quotes on every page? I use to love |
| through. The reason is because we write our | | | | that and read every single one of them in each |
| goals somewhere on a piece of paper and stick | | | | notebook. So I tend to read anything place at |
| on our walls. Little do we realize that 80% of the | | | | that position. It works for me. Try it today. |
| time we are actually outside and on the move. | | | | If we treat our Personal Planners like a personal |
| However, even if we can see it in our workplace, | | | | assistant and "talk" to it more often, it will also |
| office, it's just a piece of paper and a few | | | | "talk" to us and tell us what to do at every step |
| sentences. We see it the 1st time, it looks good | | | | towards our goals. Make full use of it. Treat it well. |
| and energizing. 2nd time, recharging. 3rd time, it | | | | Buy nice wrappers. Use colored pens to write on |
| becomes a decoration. Occasionally, when other | | | | it. Decorate it. It's the best you can do for it. |
| people see it and mention it, you might even | | | | |