When you wish for something it sometimes happens. However when you plan for something it often happens. There is a difference since one is just an idea and the other is an objective or a plan! When things are not as you planned than you rework the plan. If you only had an idea than develop a plan to turn the idea into reality.

Here is the difference:

Idea: I will have a good and profitable year in 2008!

Objective/Plan: In 2008 I will earn $???,000 by doing the following things, A:, B:, C:…..

One is a wish, the other is a plan, and which do you think reaches a greater chance of success? You have the choice and the ability to accomplish whatever you want and now is the best time to plan the success that you had in the back of your mind and talked about. Planning allows for measurement because it spells out the results of action.  When the results don’t equal the planned results it allows for change. It isn’t rocket science it is the basics. When all else fails, go back to the basics.

Perhaps if more agents and managers did this, there would be more success. Spring is a new beginning and the start of the season for my Northern friends and maybe this is the time to set your plan to writing. For if it isn’t written, it is still only a thought. When you write it down, it is a pledge to accomplish.

Is success this simple? No, nothing worthwhile is simple but it is the path that leads you to success is one that doesn’t happen by chance. So if you have the ability to take chance out of the equation, than why wouldn’t you if success is your real goal?

Just a thought that I had!