Hello. It was a typically beautiful spring day here in Colorado. Sunny and cold due to the snow yesterday, but Spring is showing everywhere! I love it!

The last about planning for awhile; if I spend 1 to 3 hours weekly planning, which I surely do, then do I spend other time on planning? Thanks for asking. Well, okay. I realize that I asked for you.

I take one 40 hour week per year and devote it just to planning. Reviewing the past year, moving myself forward 10 years, making sure that I have realistic and stretching goals, getting completely in touch with my reasons...my passions for achieving; I love this week and I have taken this time to plan this way since 1993. I believe this depth of planning, this attention to creating goals that excite me and plans to achieve them, is one of the keys to my success. And it is so motivating! I get to experience my future in advance and then I keep that excitement with me as I take action and get past the inevitable challenges.

I believe it was Jim Rohn that said:

"Never enter a year without knowing what you will accomplish. Never enter a 6 month period in that year without knowing what you will accomplish. Never enter a quarter or a month or a week, without knowing what you will accomplish" This is almost certainly not a perfect quotation, but the thought is there. And it is a philosophy that I have done my best to follow since I first heard it in 1990. May it be of benefit to you as well.

Bye for now and happy planning...Jack