Getting to Did, Part 4: NEXT STEP THINKING

April 9, 2009 in A Springboard for Your Professional Life, Getting to DID, planning, Success with 2 Comments

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Last Thursday, the TRAINER taught Sam about ATTITUDE. This week he takes Sam to the next step–NEXT STEP THINKING. If you want to start from the beginning of the story, start with SAM’S CRUMBLING WORLD and follow the links forward.

NEXT STEP THINKING

“NEXT STEP THINKING simply means you need to be thinking ahead. Too often, people fail because they never think past what they are doing right now. Perhaps I should have called this LAST STEP THINKING. But if you think it is funny saying you CAN do ANYTHINGG with two Gs, imagine what people would say if the card read, ‘You can’t do EVERYTHING. But you CAN do ALYTHINGG.’

“Anyway, you can only get from COULDA to CAN when you plan. Where do you want your plans to end up? What will it take each step of the way? Think about it this way, Sam. Not that I’m big into borrowing money, but let’s say you were thinking of starting a business and were heading to the bank for a small business loan. What would you need to give them?”

“A business plan, I guess.”

“That’s right. Why? Because the bank understands this one fact—you only CAN when you plan.

can plan Getting to Did, Part 4: NEXT STEP THINKING

“This key is true whether you are talking about a project at work or home or about your life as a whole. I have to think like this in my work as a TRAINER. I have to ask people what they see as the end product. Are they here to be more healthy? Are they here to lose weight? Are they here to increase strength? Are they here to bulk up and look muscular? I have to plan their training around what they see as the end result. Then we have to establish a plan to get there.”

Sam interrupted, “I understand this. It’s just like the company I used to work for. Every year we had these planning meetings. The first step was to determine how the company should look at the end of 10 years. Then 5 years. Then we came down to this year. Where did the company need to be at the end of this year in order to be on our way to the 5 and 10 year plan? Then we broke it into the steps each department needed to take to get to this year’s goals.”

“That’s it exactly, Sam. I knew you already knew this stuff. You just have to apply it to your life as well as your company. Take a look at this card.”