See it. Plan it. Do it!: A simple 3-step methodology for accomplishing your personal and business goals.
Step 1 – See it.
Start by asking for what you want. More importantly, ask yourself, what is your greatest aspiration? When encountered with any change effort, we are initially inclined to look for “what’s wrong.” Visualize a successful change effort. Create a vision that provides a purpose and forms a mental picture encompassing all the senses. Describe how it looks, smells, feels, sounds, and tastes. Your vision should provide direction, motivate action, and align individual interests. Help others understand your vision by communicating with repetitive targeted communication. Remove barriers and empower others to act on your vision. Lead by example and as Gandhi once said, ”Be the change you want in the world.”
Step 2 – Plan it.
Next, design a plan to succeed. Look to past successes to build confidence and eliminate complacency. Henry Ford said it best, “Whether you think that you can or you can’t, you’re usually right.” Eliminate negativity from thought patterns and ignite an internal sense of urgency energizing the change effort. Describe a successful implementation step by step. Plan on overcoming intermediate obstacles and use these current successes to propel the change. As your vision begins to materialize through these intermediate successes, others will begin to follow. Recruit new found believers and develop a team of people to implement the change.
Step 3 – Do it!
Finally, execute with a passion. Harold Thurman said, “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive.” Provide support through leadership. Assist the change effort by helping others see the big picture in task accomplishment. Create new habits that will sustain the change effort and materialize your vision.
