A Plan to Master 2019: Work, Self and Life

“Plan­ning is bring­ing the future into the present so that you can do some­thing about it now”. — Alan Lakein, Author of How to Get Con­trol of Your Time and Your Life

As you stand in the last cou­ple of weeks of 2018, it’s the per­fect time to cre­ate your Mas­ter Plan for 2019. Yes, I know how busy this time of year can be but it’s real­ly impor­tant to assess and reflect on the goals you set for this year, your accom­plish­ments and projects in progress; and to make some choic­es about where to put your focus in the year ahead – for your work, self and life.

What do you want to achieve?

What expe­ri­ences would you like to have?

What lega­cy do you want to leave, and how can you make progress towards it?

How can you make this year effec­tive and mem­o­rable with­in the life you want to live?

You’ll find a copy of Annu­al Review and Mas­ter Plan doc­u­ments here, to help you to get clear on how much of your ener­gy you want to ded­i­cate to each area of your life. (Chap­ter 1 of my book – Liv­ing an Amaz­ing Life — is a great refresh­er on this).

And then com­plete on your goals for the 1^st Quarter.

Good luck – and let me know if you need any help.

The Chal­lenge

1. Ded­i­cate some time to reflect and cre­ate your Mas­ter Plan, and your 1^st Quar­ter plan – to do this properly
2. Con­nect with a coach, advi­sor or men­tor if you need help
3. Review your plans with peo­ple you care about in busi­ness and life, to make sure your think­ing and plans align with theirs.

Here to Help

For more than 20 years peo­ple have asked me if I want to build a prac­tice and repli­cate myself by hav­ing oth­er coach­es work­ing with me. Up to about four years ago, my answer was ​‘no’ because I had a hard time find­ing oth­er great coach­es to add to my team.

Then, an exec­u­tive with a com­pa­ny I worked with — a phe­nom­e­nal leader who had mas­tered the Rock­e­feller Habits – told me he want­ed to make a career change and become a coach. He actu­al­ly did it and, after his train­ing, approached me about doing some work. I con­fess I was reluc­tant, but we tried it out. That was four years ago, and he’s been with me, ever since.

Dean Ritchey does amaz­ing work with my clients on strate­gic plan­ning, exec­u­tive edu­ca­tion and facil­i­tat­ing sen­si­tive meet­ings. Feed­back from clients has been con­sis­tent­ly spec­tac­u­lar and I’m thrilled to have him on the team.

Because he did so well, I changed my mind about expand­ing my team, and oth­er advi­sors have since joined me at Lawrence & Co. So, I’m hap­py to update you on the team of coach­es at Lawrence and Company:

• Dean Ritchey Exec­u­tive edu­ca­tion and coach­ing, strate­gic plan­ning, team build­ing, lead­er­ship development
• Tim­o­thy Schokking Exec­u­tive edu­ca­tion and coach­ing, strate­gic plan­ning, team build­ing, inno­va­tion, lead­er­ship development
• Kristin Haz­zard Exec­u­tive edu­ca­tion and coach­ing, team build­ing, lead­er­ship development

In addi­tion to this strong team of coach­es avail­able to you, we have built a great net­work of oth­er experts, around the world – in Aus­tralia, the Mid­dle East, Europe, North and South America.

So, as we go into a new year, if you’re look­ing for some­one to help you with strate­gic plan­ning for your com­pa­ny — includ­ing cre­at­ing your Mas­ter and Quar­ter­ly plans, meet­ing facil­i­ta­tion, strate­gic plan­ning, and lead­er­ship devel­op­ment and edu­ca­tion — or per­son­al plan­ning and your own growth, using Your Oxy­gen Mask First as a frame­work, please let us know if we can be of service.