Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy

Welcome to Day 226 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Your Life Plan Blueprint - Framework #1

Thank you for joining us for our 7 days a week, 7 minutes of wisdom podcast. This is Day 226 of our Trek, and we are continuing on our current Trek Your Life Plan Blueprint. On this Trek, we are slowly mapping out the framework that will assist you in setting goals and creating a life plan for yourself. So far we have explored the purposes for an effective plan and some basic goal setting principles. On our trail today and tomorrow, we will review the overall concept of the 6 step framework to create a successful life plan through effective goal achievement.

Your life plan does not have to be overly complex. A simple but concise life plan is sufficient to achieve significant results in your life.  Just like our trek of life, we will take the life planning trail one step at a time. If you have any questions or would like additional information as we go through our daily trek, either leave a comment on Wisdom-Trek.com or email me at [email protected].

Since this trek on life planning will take several days, if you miss any of our Wisdom-Trek episodes, please go to Wisdom-Trek.com to listen to them and read the daily journal.

We are recording our podcast from our studio at Home2 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Our delayed Chamberlain Christmas celebration this past weekend was such an enjoyable blessing for Paula and me. All five of our children, their spouses, and our six grandchildren were able to spend Friday evening and all day Saturday with us. While some of my time was spent on meal preparation, I was able to share in all the festivities as we have an open floor plan in our house that makes it great for hosting activities.

Sunday evening through late Wednesday, we also have the blessing of having our grandson Kip staying with us as his parents take a few days off together. It is always a special time when we can share life with our grandkids. These amazing times with our children and grandchildren are part of our life plan. To make a lasting impact on them is a very important part of living our legacy each day.

Let’s head on the trail for day seven of our Wisdom-Trek Life Plan process which we refer to as…

Your Life Plan Blueprint

I mentioned yesterday that the framework that makes up the Wisdom-Trek Life Plan Blueprint consists of 6 steps for which I use the acronym of WESPER, which stands for:

Wisdom: Seek guidance from God and trusted mentors.

Establish: Set the vision and goal in place.

Strategy: Devise strategies to succeed in the goal.

Planning: Identify plan elements based on the strategies.

Execution: Bring the plan and goal to life.

Review: Assess the outcome and next steps.

Through this WESPER framework, goals you never thought achievable that make up your overall life plan will start becoming within your reach and in a matter of time, achieved. I personally use this framework to achieve my goals, and it works wonders.

 

Do not let the simplicity of the framework fool you. While these 6 steps look very simplistic, they are the foundation for successful goal achievement, especially for massive goals where the “what” and “how” for achieving them becomes elusive.

That being said, WESPER is not a miracle pill that takes out the hard work of fulfilling your life plan through goal achievement. WESPER is not an elixir that allows you to achieve your goals without lifting a finger. At the end of the day, you still need to put in the time and effort to achieve your life plan. As Proverbs 21:5 encourages us,