{"id":75,"date":"2016-09-03T12:59:33","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T04:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.probewise.com\/demo\/wise-church\/?p=75"},"modified":"2020-03-24T13:15:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T13:15:09","slug":"keeping-yourself-on-the-right-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/?p=75","title":{"rendered":"What is Life Planning?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5565 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/plan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/plan.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/plan-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/plan-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/>Life planning is <u>a vision <\/u>or direction for life-based on your personal goals and values.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Life planning is a <u>guided process <\/u>by which an individual takes <u>stock <\/u>of his or her life, <u>clarifies goals and challenges<\/u>, and <u>identifies the steps <\/u>needed to move forward<\/li>\n<li>Resilient Life Planning<\/li>\n<li>Life Planning can also be taken as setting up of goals and the way to achieve them.<\/li>\n<li>Life Planning can also be taken as setting up of goals and the way to achieve them<\/li>\n<li>Resilient Life Planning<\/li>\n<li>JEREMIAH 29:11<strong>Why Planning?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It helps you to achieve the objectives\/goals faster<\/li>\n<li>It focuses your acquisition of knowledge and helps you to organize your time and your resources so that you can make the very most of your life.<\/li>\n<li>You can measure and glorify God in the achievement of those goals<\/li>\n<li>Why Planning?<\/li>\n<li>You recognize your own ability and competence in achieving the goals that you\u2019ve set<\/li>\n<li>Without planning, you will arrive\/reach anywhere!<\/li>\n<li>Abraham Lincoln said \u201cGive me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four minutes sharpening the axe\u201d<strong>SMART PLANNING-GOD AT THE CENTER-Psalm 20:4 <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>S-Specific plan has a bigger chance to succeed. What, who, where, which, when, why<\/li>\n<li><em>\u201cGet in shape.\u201d Vs \u201cJoin a health club and workout 3 days a week.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li>M-Measurable. Concrete criteria for progress and achievement. How much, How many,<\/li>\n<li>A-Attainable. Set achievable plans. Develop the attitudes, abilities, skills, and financial capacity to reach them.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nSMART PLANNING-GOD AT THE CENTER-Psalm 20:4<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>R-Realistic. Willing, able and environment allows. Did someone achieve it? It is possible to set <u>high and realistic <\/u><\/li>\n<li>T-Time: There has to be a time frame. <em>\u201cI want to do masters! Vs I want to do master\u2019s in finance in 2017\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li>How Do You Start Planning for Your Life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Identify Your Purpose.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Why on earth? Consider several pillars (Spiritual, family, community, social, career and business, Finances etc).<\/li>\n<li>Can start by the elimination of what is not your purpose<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Identify where are you now\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Use the pillars above to identify where you are. Eg, Are you in the right direction spiritually, peacefully? Values?<\/li>\n<li>How Do You Start Planning for Your Life<strong>Set Goals and take action. Go back and forth from your purpose, goal, <\/strong>and<strong> actions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Check which roles you will self-play and which <u>role you will <\/u>play through others. Eg. Investment<\/li>\n<li>Do you need a mentor\/Do you have a mentor\/ counselor\/professional advise?<\/li>\n<li>How Do You Start Planning for Your Life<strong>Focus and Follow through your Goals\/plan. Do your best, God controls Proverbs 20:24<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Establish Specific Action Steps<\/li>\n<li>Review Frequently. Amend When Necessary<strong>Get tougher when the tough gets going. (Terry Gobanga)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Some Tips on Things that will Make Difference in Your Life<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>When you are sober, calm, in good mind, normal\u2026.then\u2026..Make decisions very fast<\/li>\n<li>When you are angry, confused, in panic or emotionally unstable\u2026then\u2026avoid or delay making decisions<\/li>\n<li>In planning and taking actions there may be \u201cwaiting time\u201d but what you do during the \u201cwaiting time\u201d will make a lot of difference.<\/li>\n<li>Resilient Life Planning is \u201cNo Quitting\/How far can you stand against odds\u201d However <u>know on what and when to quit<\/u>. Eg past decision\/historical impacts, relationship<\/li>\n<li>Resilient people have <u>someone they can turn to <\/u>for support and advise. Proverbs 16:18<\/li>\n<li>Strictly stick to your plans but <u>don\u2019t be afraid to change <\/u>your plans if need be<\/li>\n<li>Successful people fail a lot, but <u>they try a lot<\/u>, too.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t put more effort into buying a new phone (liabilities) than into planning and working on <u>things that will add value <\/u>in your life (Nick)\n<p><strong>Important Tips\u2026.some more!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Use your time well. Time is very scarce. Plan in such a way that time is fully well utilized<\/li>\n<li>Who is making most of the decisions in your life \u2013 you, those around you or your circumstances? <strong><u>Responsibly and humbly <\/u><\/strong>start taking charge in making a decision for your life<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can\u2019t achieve it.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>To be successful, you need family and friends, but to be very successful, you need enemies, competitors, challenges.<\/li>\n<li>Attitude and Values are the two of the most important assets you have.<br \/>\nDon\u2019t forget interpersonal skills.<\/li>\n<li>Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out..Robert Collier<\/li>\n<li><strong>Others have done it<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Pele, a soccer superstar, was 17 years old when he won the world cup in 1958 with Brazil<\/li>\n<li>Jesse Owens was 22 when he won 4 gold medals in Berlin 1936.<\/li>\n<li>John Mnyika was 25 when run a Member of Parliament in Tanzania<\/li>\n<li>Joshua Nasari was 23<\/li>\n<li>Albert Einstein was 26 when he wrote the theory of relativity<\/li>\n<li>Oprah was 32 when she started her talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind<\/li>\n<li>Martin Luther King Jr. was 34 when he wrote the speech \u201cI Have a Dream.\u201c<\/li>\n<li>Trip Lee, at age of 26, has 5 albums and has written a book, now a Pastor. 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