Success Planning

Ideas, Vision, Goals, and

Action shows a process that you can use to go from ideas - to vision - to goals - to action for you or your organization.

In such program you will:

Be guided through activity sheets to plan for success.

Generate ideas to address a present challenge or leadership opportunity.

Create a vision for your success

Develop SMART goals and an action plan to realize your vision.

NEVER GIVE UP.

If I could say one thing to you today, it would be this: Never give up. Keep trying and pushing and struggling, even if you are going through difficulties or you do not know what your goal is and why you would want to achieve it.

Consider these,-

1.Belief in yourself.

As you march down the street not

giving up, hold your head high and

swing your elbows. People will

recognize you as someone who won't give up, and they will get out of your way. Some of them will even hide.

Some will try to discourage you.

They’ll say that what you’re doing is“illegal,” or a “sin,” or a violation of the health code. They may cling to your legs, causing you to drag them along, or jump onto your back,pleading, “ please

stop what you’re doing!”

Keep going. Rest assured, they’re

jealous.

“We’re not jealous, honestly,” they

may say. “Just please stop!” Maybe you've struck a nerve.

“No, you haven’t struck a nerve,”

they’ll say. “What you’re doing is just awful, and we’d like you to stop!”

Let that be your inspiration. Shake

off the naysayers and trudge on,

through the mud and the filth and

the slime, knowing that you have a

higher purpose.

2.You are original.

Remember, nobody liked van Gogh’s work, and if nobody likes yours it’s probably a sign that you're a genius.

Look to the horizon. See that little

dot? No, not that one—the one that's even farther out. You can barely see it. Now don’t stop until you reach it.

Take out your machete and hack a

new path through the jungle, even if there is an old path just a few feet away. Fend off the monkeys of “good manners” and the sloths of

“patience.”

We are born with the instinct not to give up. As babies, we cry and

scream until we get what we want.

But somewhere along the line we lose that ability. People talk us out of our crazy ideas—people who live in the so-called real world, where things“make sense.” They’ve never

attempted the impossible. But you

have, many, many times.

Keep pushing ahead—not in a way

that seems pushy but in a way that says you won’t stop. Some people say you shouldn’t bang your head against a wall. Tell that to the woodpecker.

3. Don't be ashamed.

Along the way, there may be

compromises

and “hunting incidents .” You may

have to engage in certain acts.

But don’t give up. With each

unnatural act, you will be one

step closer to your goal.

When you finally reach the first stage of success, congratulate yourself. But remember that there are twenty-four more stages of success.

Some people may ask, “If I take a

rest, even a little one, is that the

same as giving up?” Yes, it is. But if you need to pretend to give up—so that people will leave you alone—go ahead. Then keep doing what you do,but even harder.

4. Have a daunting spirit.

Several years ago, there was a man who wouldn’t give up. He failed several times in the world of politics but never discouraged afterward he became the President that single-handedly pushed for the Abolition of slavery and its practises - Abraham Lincoln, the 16th American President.

Keep pushing and scraping and

clawing and climbing . Even in your dreams, don’t give up. If you dream that you are wearing nothing but underpants, try to make them expensive, executive underpants.

Eventually, all your determination

will pay off. The same people who

mocked your ideas and tackled you will now claim to love your vision.“We love it! We love it!” they’ll say. They’ll tell you that the governor is interested in your ideas and will bundle you off in a car to the governor's mansion.

Keep running. Never give up.