This is part five of the ‘Materialize Your Dreams and Goals’ Series by Ines Nangue from Nurture Body and Soul
So far in the ‘Materialize your Dreams and Goals’series
Previously in the ‘Materialize your Dreams and Goals’ series we’ve talked about
- Secret Ingredients To Materialize Your Dreams And Goals
- The Power Of Focus To Materialize Your Dreams And Goals
- Being Present On Your Journey To Your Dreams and Goals
- Setting SMART Goals Relevant to Your Highest Priorities
The Importance of an Action Plan to Achieve Your Goals
“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!” – Benjamin Franklin
An action plan helps you to know what needs to be done in order to materialize your dream or goal.
It helps you to direct your focus on the priority actions to take in order to see progress in the process and to get the desired outcome.
It includes the sub-steps, who is responsible for what (delegation can ease a lot of things for you), and a time to accomplish the tasks, as well as some notes about the possible challenges and the solutions for them.
So ask yourself this question: What will it take to achieve my goals? To materialize my dreams?
Find out the major steps you will need to take, these are your subgoals and then chunk them down into doable sub-steps.
Be aware of the obstacles that you will encounter and have a plan for them too. Schedule it on your calendar. If you don’t plan then your plan is to fail.
Now let’s look at a 4 steps process to help you create your action plan, armed with that one most important SMART goal, you want to put your focus on, until completion. Here is what to do next: