Topic: BECOMING A BETTER PERSON

Guest: CYNTHIA OMOREGIE

My name is Cynthia Omoregie. I am here to share my experience that made me indecisive, forgetful and procrastinate. My life was a mess and I needed a practical solution.

Last year, I had so much goals that I wanted to achieve. I had planned for growth in my career, family, finances and spiritual life. However, I was only able to achieve some, procrastinated a few and even totally shunned others.

I needed great help to not repeat similar mistakes and then it lit up in my mind that I had underestimated the power of planning.

In life, it is so easy to get busy and carried away with activities that you lose precious time doing things that are not of priority or significance.

Planning helps you to organize and coordinate yourself with the resources that are within your reach. Just imagine staying in a disarranged and scattered room, it would be difficult to move about, there would be poor ventilation, a sore sight and even a choked mind. On the other hand, a well arranged room has the aura of peace, good energy and creativity.

Here are some practical tips to help get your life on track with proper planning;

• In 7 habits of highly effective people, whatever is important and urgent- do; not important and urgent- delegate; important and not urgent- plan; not important and not urgent- eliminate.

• Set a to-do-list for the day and review the list at the end of the day noting what was achieved, not achieved and in progress.

• Put up your goals where you can see it every time. It serves as a reminder of what you want.

• Have a single scheduler containing activities, tasks or meetings. It helps to easily manage your time and not overload your day.

• Reflect on your week, the things that went well and evaluate the causes of the things you were not able to accomplish.

• Plan for your all round health. Health include physical, spiritual, mental and emotional wellbeing. You may take a creative class, vacation or a new skill.

This year always take out time to plan. It pays to plan. For me, with a good plan, I become a better person and I achieve my set goals.

So, I will end with a question, how can you include planning as a routine for better progress?, if you can think it then do it. Thank you