Planning. Goal setting. How much time do invest in planning your life? Your corporate life and your personal life and the intersections of both of these? I thought I would start to share how I do my planning, personal and professional, as it such a large part of my consulting and such a huge contributor to all that I have been able to do with my life.

My start in the world of planning was Zig Ziglar. If you haven't listened to Zig or gone to see him, then you are missing out. Fascinating man and fascinating history. He had, probably still has, a great set just about his planning process. This is still a good place to begin.

Then I was introduced to Anthony Robbins and his material. Anthony has a very elegant, although complex to learn, planning system. I learned a tremendous amount here.

I also immersed myself in the material of Jim Rohn. Jim has some great things to say about planning and certainly what he has done served him quite well. I remember hearing him say to "Never start a month until you know what you want to accomplish that month" and "Never start a week until you know what you want to accomplish that week". Both of those statements changed me and I hope they will change you, unless of course you already follow that advice!

Then I have tried planning systems of many types; from some I learned a little, from some I learned nothing. What you will be seeing over time in this category on my blog will be the best of the best of what I have learned about planning in the past 18 years of coaching and business consulting.

Bye for now...Jack