Success Mantra

Why to planning- 5 simple reasons?

Planning  is always been associated with improved efficiency and sustainable growth. However, the dynamic world and hectic market competition make planning in management essential. Thus, whether you like it or not, the familiar management saying holds true: If you fail to plan, plan to fail.

Planning  is about what steps you need to take to reach the goal, what changes and hurdles to anticipate, and how to utilise your resources and opportunities to reach the expected outcome. The planning process involves a careful analysis of the current resources and trends and the prediction of emerging expectations and future action.

In simple terms, a goal is where you  wants to be at a certain time and a plan provides directions for how you are going to get there.

Planning is considered a basic function that an individual needs to take. It means that a plan is necessary for any other function.

Planning your life is one of the most powerful and effective ways to attain what you want.

A planning is basically a process which start with a goal , a plan and A plan is like a map. When following a plan, a person can see how much they have progressed towards their project goal and how far they are from their destination.

Most of the people will agree with the above mentioned definition of planning, including me . Now Let’s understand; why we should plan.

Team Inspiring life provides you with 5 reasons to plan.

5 reasons to plan.

1. Purpose.

Planning your life helps achieve your purpose. It doesn’t really matter what it is, as long as it is something you want. You might decide that your purpose in life is to be the most sought-after supermodel in the world or the best taco maker on your block. Whatever it is, you cannot achieve it without planning.

2. Priorities

It helps to set priorities of life. Setting up priorities through planning is best described by the rock-pebble-sand-water-in-a-jar story of Dr. Stephen Covey (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People) illustrates how a lack of planning can derail your life in significant ways.

The rocks represent the important things in your life such as your family, children, friends, work, or whatever you value in your life. The pebbles, sand, and water represent the less important yet necessary things you do on a regular basis such as commuting to work, running errands, answering emails, shopping, and so on.

If you do not plan your life, there’s a big chance that you will fail to put in all the big rocks in the jar of your life before everything else, so you will not be able to fit them all in. You will find in the end that your life, full as it is of endless tasks and activities, is empty because you failed to fit in important parts of it.

3. Motivation 

Nothing makes you feel less like moving than having no goals.

A big part of planning your life is setting goals, which gives you something to aim for. If you plan to have your own home by the time you hit 30, you are motivated to work hard and save money. If your plan is to have friends over for dinner, you get up early to clean the house and prepare the food.

Planning and setting goals are not going to get you to where you want to be, but they do give you the impetus to get you off your behind. You can have a selection of short- and long-term goals in your plan, but you do need to have goals so you will feel motivated to get going. Otherwise, each day just blends into the next, and before you know it, life has just passed you by.

4. Decision making

Making important decisions is harder when you make no plans for your life. Since you have no direction, the options open to you make no difference, so you settle for the easiest ones “just because.”

When you have a plan, you make choices based on your ultimate goal. You want to build planes, so you choose a course in aeronautic engineering. You want to become a great chef, so you take a culinary course. You decide not to buy a second car because you are saving up for a wedding or a house. Each choice can affect your life plan, and knowing that can help you make the right ones.

5. Success.

The last, but definitely not the least, reason to plan your life is to achieve success.

The funny thing with success is that it is a relative term. It doesn’t mean the same thing for everybody at every stage of life, which is why it is so important to have a plan.

The goals you set define who you are in your present situation and your personal definition of success. Very young people define success as having lots of money, fame, or a mix of both. As people mature, these goals may change to include less tangible goals, such as having a happy family life or pursuing a passion.

The point is that a plan can help you achieve success at each stage of your life, no matter what it is. It is a road map with many destinations, and you can achieve each leg of your journey through life more quickly and consciously.