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=================== Planning -- Inspirational Messages =================
by M.D. Smith -- Huntsville, AL
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Better PLANNING can help us to accomplish more of the things we want to
get done, WHEN we want to get them done. It seems almost unnecessary to
point out that plans are important to better accomplish our goals.
But every day, thousands will begin a project with no clear goal(s) or
a clear map of how and when to get there. Of course, if you have no
goals, then any plans are OK...even no plans at all. But if you want
to get better results from your work, make a commitment NOW!
Decide to plan.
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"MANY OF US HAVE THE RIGHT AIM IN LIFE.
WE JUST NEVER GET AROUND TO PULLING THE TRIGGER."
Anonymous
Sometimes the best made plans never get off the ground. That's because
they never get started. Someone wants to check them out further....or
success is not certain....or now may not be the time......or whatever.
This is the worst kind of failure....never trying. You MUST start your
plan and then ride with it to help overcome road-blocks and eventually
have your plan succeed.
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PLAN YOUR JOURNEY
"`Success is a journey, not an arrival---the true rewards of success
are found along the way, not at the end of the road, for when the end
is reached, the journey is over and it is too late. Maybe it's time to
take a few moments and assess your journey along that road. Find a
quiet place, an uninterrupted hour, three sheets of paper, and a pencil.
Head your sheets as follows: #1-- What are the things I planned to do
in my job that I haven't yet begun? #2-- What am I doing on my job
that I'd planned not to do? #3-- What would I like to do in a
different way than I'm doing it now? How would I like to do it?
So far the technique is simple. The hard part, of course, comes when
you use the rest of that uninterrupted hour to fill in the blank pages.
It is an hour well-spent -- what better time than the present to plan
your journey along the road of success?
BERTHA BECK
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"IF YOU DON'T HAVE A DESTINATION, ANY ROAD WILL GET YOU THERE."
Anonymous
The very first step in the planning process is to decide on the
destination. The results you expect from the plans you will make to
get you there is the same as having a trip to make. Once you decide on
the city you want to visit, you are then ready to map out the best
route to get you there. You look at intermediate cities and estimate
when you will arrive at these in-between places. Good planning, whether
a trip or a goal you wish to reach, is essential. If you were to take
your spouse, you likely involve that person in the planning of the trip.
That is the same thing you should do in business. Get them involved
with the planning process from the beginning. When the time comes to
start the plan, the others will know, understand, and agree on the
route, checkpoints and stops to be made along the way. Then as your
plan, which is actually everyone's plan, begins, it is a unified
effort to reach the desired goal(s) and/or result(s). Planning and
cooperation is not a difficult task. Yet, sometimes it is either
overlooked entirely, or done in an arbitrary manner.
DON'T FAIL TO PLAN OR YOU PLAN TO FAIL !
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From the book MANAGEMENT by Peter F. Drucker (Harper & Row)
"Management does indeed have to do the work and make the decisions. But
in all these areas the worker himself, from the beginning, needs to be
integrated as a "resource" into the planning process. From the
beginning he has to share in thinking through work and process, tools
and information. His knowledge, his experience, his needs are
resource to the planning process. The worker needs to be a partner in
it. Every attempt should be made to make accessible to the worker the
necessary knowledge. He need not become an industrial engineer or a
process designer, but the fundamentals of industrial engineering and
their application to a man's own job and work can be grasped by almost
anyone without great difficulty."
Involve your people with their jobs, the planning for new projects, and
changes in the current work/environment. You will get far more
dedicated employees with this kind of approach to planning and
working of the plan.
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SUCCESSFUL PLANNING
"Success is not rare -- it is common. Very few miss a measure of it.
It is not a matter of luck, or contesting -- for certainly no success
can come from preventing the success of another. It is a matter of
adjusting one's efforts to obstacles and one's abilities to a service
needed by others. There is no other possible success. But most people
think of it in terms of getting; success, however, begins in terms
of giving."
HENRY FORD
Planning to be successful is fine. The important thing to remember is
to base your plans on sound and ethical foundations. To plan to succeed
at another's expense will almost assure the plan to ultimate failure.
It is based on the worst kind of foundation. Planning to GIVE what you
can to make the people you supervise become successful is the way to
plan your own success as a manager.
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PLANNING TO BE AN INDEPENDENT BUSINESSMAN
A young man had been working for others in the wholesale business and
had been planning for a long time to go into business for himself. He
made plans of how he would run his business, treat his employees, and
how great it would be having his own business. When he finally made it,
he found out that the IRS told him how he must organize his books. The
accountant told him how to keep all the records. The labor unions told
him who he could hire and fire. The shipping company told him how he
must pack his shipments. His customers told him what merchandise he
must stock. The city and state told him how much tax to pay. A battery
of agencies forced him to buy special licenses and permits and required
him to operate within those guidelines. The competition forced him to
set low prices on his merchandise.....and HIS MOTHER still made him
come for dinner every Sunday.
It seems that this young man planned for many things, but did not look
into the true aspects of running your own business. His PLANS were
incomplete because he did not include the facts of this kind of
business and the requirements of running your own business.
MAKE SURE YOUR PLANS INCLUDE ALL THE NECESSARY FACTS BEFORE YOU BEGIN !"
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