{"id":4736,"date":"2019-03-10T12:20:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T19:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefearlesshustle.com\/?p=4736"},"modified":"2019-08-19T20:52:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T03:52:42","slug":"create-a-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefearlesshustle.com\/create-a-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Create A Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
I am literally amazed on the amount of people that post resolutions, or goals, or even find just one word to concentrate on for the new years.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
And that\u2019s it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Look \u2013 I get the need for using the new year to reset yourself, but if you reset your reset every single year, are you really resetting anything?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
And finding one word to focus on for the new year?\u00a0COME ON<\/strong>. Life is a bit more complicated than one word, but you can give that a shot. See how that works for ya.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n You want success? You want a better life? You want to smash your goals? You actually want to focus, or be more present? Create a game plan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Setting goals is a good start. Trying to reset yourself is a good start. But just throwing the idea out to the world isn\u2019t going to get you there. You need metrics. But even then, that won\u2019t get you there either.\u00a0Start with a metric<\/a>, because most of you aren\u2019t doing that (can\u2019t do a metric with a single word!). But the metric is the end goal. What you need is a game plan. HOW are you going to hit the metric.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n This is where people miss the most. They have a goal (or a word), but they have no path, no idea, no game plan to get there.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n The game plan is the action items you need to do day in and day out to ensure you can hit your goal.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n I want to lose 30 pounds by June, then maintain that weight the rest of the year. That is the goal. That is the metric. My game plan is to stick to a strict diet of oatmeal in the morning, almonds for a snack, salad with fish or chicken for lunch, protein shake in the afternoon, then a small helping at dinner, whatever that may be for the family. In addition, I am going to get 5 days a week of 30 minutes of activity (minimum!), one longer session over the weekend (Hike, or bike ride with family type of stuff), and use my TRX twice a week to get a little strength training.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n That is a game plan. Now \u2013 on my calendar, I can literally write out what I need to do in order to hit my goal. I can track my progress. I can understand what I need to do to hit the weight. And best of all, because I know the actions \u2013 the game plan \u2013 I can review my plan at half time and make sure it is working. And if is not \u2013 I can adjust and still hit my goal.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n And it isn\u2019t that hard to do.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n In fact \u2013 it is simple. I would bet that no matter the goal that you want \u2013 you know EXACTLY what you are suppose to do to get it. Go do that. Write that down \u2013 and go do that.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Let\u2019s do an example that I have seen FAR too often of the facebook during the past few weeks of people feeling good about themselves by posting their goals online.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Present. Be more present. Be more \u201chere\u201d. Pay attention to my kids more. Be in the moment more.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Great. We all need that. That is called\u00a0being human<\/a>. But these\u00a0damn iPhones keep getting in the way\u2026<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Ok \u2013 so your word is present. Fantastic. Put a metric behind it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n That is hard with something like presences, which I think why people love that so much. They want to be there more, but there is no way to track if you are there more, so are you really there more, or you just there, more?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n So drill down \u2013 do you want to be more present in your relationship? Job? family life? Pick one.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Great \u2013 it is your relationship. How do you do that?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Come on \u2013 say it \u2013 \u201cLESS SCREEN TIME<\/strong>\u201c.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Ok, there you have it. You need less screen time. How are you going to do it? Maybe leave your phone at home for dinner dates 1x per week. Or create a rule no phone activity between 6p and 10p.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n There is your game plan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n You can do this with any goal you set. But you need a metric (not a word) and you need to WRITE DOWN (not think about) that action that you need to take every single day to do it. Write down the action and post so you can see it every single day and stick to it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Find your game plan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am literally amazed on the amount of people that post resolutions, or goals, or even find just one word to concentrate on for the new years. And that\u2019s it. Look \u2013 I get the need for using the new year to reset yourself, but if you reset your reset every single year, are you […]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[70,109],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nCreate A Game Plan<\/h1>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n