| "It's not the end of the world I am worried about. | | | | whenever and wherever you can. It may not be |
| It's how we are getting there." That quote stuck | | | | the right action, but getting an elephant into the |
| in my mind for a few weeks and I just could not | | | | circus tent is a lot easier if it is walking and not |
| let it go. I kept thinking over and over, if the | | | | lying down. Once it is in the tent, you can figure |
| world ended tomorrow, would I look back and | | | | out if it can do tricks. When we take action, we |
| say it ended it just as I wanted it to? And more | | | | set in motion other actions and events that aid us. |
| importantly, was the journey worth it? | | | | When we stand around, waiting, we are acted |
| Here are 3 ways you can make sure that your | | | | upon, much the same as a windstorm blows |
| journey is what you want it to be. | | | | down a tree. |
| 1. Plan. Personally, it's where I have the most | | | | 3. Make Corrections As Needed After |
| difficulty. I am a graduate of the "que sera, sera" | | | | Consideration. Before changing direction, look |
| school of planning and it has always been a weak | | | | around. Make sure the "off ramp" is the right one |
| suit of mine. I have gotten better at it, and that | | | | before changing lanes and exiting. Many times, |
| means, if I can, you can to. Here is what I did. I | | | | even though the road is bumpy and the weather |
| started writing down where I wanted to end up, | | | | is cloudy, a few miles further down the road is |
| and then worked backwards. This is straight from | | | | the right off ramp. All we had to do was drive a |
| Dr. Covey's "begin with the end in mind" principle | | | | little more to get to our destination. |
| from 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Planning | | | | We have the right to journey through our life the |
| is the best way to make sure we end up with | | | | way we want to. If the end of the world was |
| what we work for, not what we find. | | | | right now, would you say that it was a journey |
| 2. Become Action Minded. If you don't get | | | | you would take again? And more importantly, are |
| anything out of this article, get this. Take action | | | | you proud of the road you took? |