Episode 391
“I used to say, ‘I sure hope things will change, ' then I learned that the only way things are going to change for me is when I change."
That’s a quote from the wonderful Jim Rohn. A strong proponent of developing a plan for your life, and a part of that is creating a strong plan for the new year.
In this special episode, I’ll walk you through the steps for the Annual Planning Season, which began on October 1st.
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Script | 388
Hello, and welcome to episode 388 of the Your Time, Your Way Podcast. A podcast to answer all your questions about productivity, time management, self-development, and goal planning. My name is Carl Pullein, and I am your host of this show.
A mistake I used to make was to come up with some ideas about what I would like to change in the new year in that gap between Christmas and the New Year.
The only reason I ever did that was because my friends were asking, “What are your New Year’s resolutions?” I never really had any, so I used to quickly think up some cool-sounding ideas and say that was what I was going to do.
And yet, it wasn’t always like that.
When I was a competitive athlete in my teens, each year in December, I would sit down with my coach and plan what we would achieve the following year.
What times we were going for and which races were to be the “big ones”.
I still remember the year I broke 2 minutes for the 800 metres and 4 minutes for the 1,500 metres. We knew I was close, having ended the previous year at 2 minutes 3 seconds for the 800 and 4 minutes 6 seconds for the 1,500.
All that was needed was a good, strong winter and pre-season training. I remember going into 1986 in one of the most positive frames of mind ever.
Then, when I stopped running competitively—one of my biggest regrets—I stopped planning the year. And that coincided with my not achieving very much.
I drifted from one job to another. Had no idea what I wanted to do, and I remember feeling unfulfilled and lost.
Fortunately, I rediscovered annual planning. The sitting down and thinking about what I wanted to a
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