Planning.

It’s a beautiful Wednesday morning. It is my first piece on “Zicolo Today” and as I sit here and think about what to write, one thing that keeps coming to my mind is to work with a plan. An effective plan that keeps makes you look forward to reading this page every morning. One of the things we tend to overlook in our quest for success in life is PLANNING. Planning is a process which involves the determination of future course of action(s). It also involves the skill of anticipating, influencing and controlling the nature and direction of change. Planning is essential to whatever you want to accomplish in life.... personal, business, spiritual, academic etc. Planning gives you a clear sense of direction. It strengthens your confidence in understanding where you are headed. It teaches you how best you can move along a chosen path and when to take what measures to achieve a set goal. Planning also provides you with an opportunity to examine and analyze alternative courses of action with a better understanding of their likely consequences and proceed cautiously to choose the most feasible and favorable course of action. Other things that planning does for you is that it helps you to 
reduce uncertainties and effectively allocate resources; it encourages you to look beyond your immediate concerns. It helps you to gain control over the elements of change. Indeed, planning is a prime action that provides basis for other actions. The truth is that failures don’t plan to fail; they simply just fail to plan. Have you ever met anyone who planned to fail? Someone who wakes up in the morning and says, “Yea, I really want to fail in life. I want to end up totally miserable. I want to be broke forever and live in abject poverty. I want to suffer from a dreaded disease. Let me plan how to do these...." It sounds to funny but certainly the answer is NO. No one plans to fail! However, there are many who obviously have failed to plan. If God didn’t want us to plan, then he wouldn’t have given us such a phenomenal brain that can imagine the future. Remarkably, the Bible also says “Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty”. (Proverbs 21:5 NLT). Remember the words of Antoine deSaint-Exupery “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” Think and plan towards your goals, with persistent and consistent, you will achieve them. Have a great day. Don’t forget to tell your friends and family about this blog-page. See you tomorrow.