{"id":1855,"date":"2010-04-13T08:29:23","date_gmt":"2010-04-13T14:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.185.166.32\/~davidfoster\/?p=1855"},"modified":"2010-04-13T08:29:23","modified_gmt":"2010-04-13T14:29:23","slug":"dave-rave-%e2%80%93-five-big-benefits-of-a-life-planned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/dave-rave-%e2%80%93-five-big-benefits-of-a-life-planned\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Rave \u2013 Five Big Benefits of a Life Planned"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"daverave\"It seems like people go to one of two extremes.\u00a0 They either plan their lives in such a way that they\u2019re bound to be disappointed, or they fail to plan their lives, fearing they\u2019ll be disappointed.<\/p>\n

Planning is a good thing.\u00a0 You might say, planning is a God thing.\u00a0 If there\u2019s anything you can say about God, He has a plan.\u00a0 The world is ordered, predictable.\u00a0 It works within an intelligent design for a plan.<\/p>\n

Here are five benefits of being a planner<\/strong> yourself:<\/p>\n

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  1. Planning sees the big picture.<\/strong> Too often we\u2019re so busy running from one appointment to another, going from one place to another, often all we can see is what\u2019s in front of us rather than the bigger picture.\u00a0 Planning demands that we stop, step back, and see the big picture, where we fit into it, and where we\u2019d like to end up in it.<\/li>\n
  2. Planning generates focus.<\/strong> I\u2019ve often said that once you can figure out what matters most to you, you focus on that and let everything else go by.\u00a0 If there\u2019s anything characteristic about the day in which we live, it\u2019s all the distractions that come our way.\u00a0 We live in an endless stream of voices and noise, calling us to embrace this thing or that thing, or to choose me over someone else.\u00a0 Planning allows you to step back and filter out the many things that could be good, from the things that could truly be great.<\/li>\n
  3. Planning allows for pacing.<\/strong> If I have a plan, then all I have to do today is work today\u2019s part of that plan.\u00a0 I don\u2019t have to do everything, go every place, go to every experience I\u2019ve been invited to embrace.\u00a0 I simply narrow my limits to the things that help me achieve my plan.<\/li>\n
  4. Planning creates innovation.<\/strong> Inevitably when you make a plan, you identify a problem.\u00a0 Maybe that\u2019s why a lot of people avoid planning, as planning is really identifying the problems ahead on the way to a preferred destination.\u00a0 But that\u2019s the very thing we were made for.\u00a0 We\u2019re problem-solvers.\u00a0 We\u2019re innovators.\u00a0 We\u2019re created in the image of the most creative person in the entire universe.\u00a0 And when we employ that creativity to problems, we have innovation.\u00a0 Without a plan, we simply adopt old methods and stale perspectives.<\/li>\n
  5. Planning leverages my limits.<\/strong> Maybe this is the most important part of planning.\u00a0 Planning recognizes I only have so much energy and time; so many resources and talents.\u00a0 I can only meaningfully embrace a few things.\u00a0 Planning then allows me to neglect those things that should be neglected, and pour maximum portions of my energy, time, and attention into those areas that will give me the greatest result.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    No, I don\u2019t live to plan, but I do plan to live.\u00a0 And if you want to make the most of your one and only life, you must have a plan.<\/p>\n

    Ask yourself:\u00a0 What\u2019s my mission? <\/strong>which answers the question, what matters most to me?<\/em> What\u2019s my vision? <\/strong>which answers the question, where do I want to end up? <\/em>And what are my goals?<\/strong> which answers the question, how am I going to get there?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    It seems like people go to one of two extremes.\u00a0 They either plan their lives in such a way that they\u2019re bound to be disappointed, or they fail to plan their lives, fearing they\u2019ll be disappointed. Planning is a good thing.\u00a0 You might say, planning is a God thing.\u00a0 If there\u2019s anything you can say … Continue reading “Dave Rave \u2013 Five Big Benefits of a Life Planned”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"series":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1855"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}