Stop, Look and Listen: Planning your Next 90 Days

“They always say time changes things, but you actu­al­ly have to change them your­self.” ― Andy Warhol, The Phi­los­o­phy of Andy Warhol

Remem­ber the safe­ty les­son Stop, Look and Lis­ten? It’s the life skill all kids learn to make sure they are safe before cross­ing the street — to learn to pause and pay atten­tion, before mov­ing for­ward. It’s a great les­son – per­fect for plan­ning your next Quarter.

Before you rush, head­long, into an action plan you think is ide­al, Stop Look and Lis­ten to your­self — con­tem­plate what’s gone well, what has to change. Ask how you can do a bet­ter job of your Work, your Self and your Life in the next 90 days.

It may be the most impor­tant time you’ll ever spend. We love to believe that time is infi­nite — in real­i­ty, the aver­age life span in North Amer­i­ca is 27,3745 days – chances are, you are 25% to 75% of your way through. That makes the next 90 days the most impor­tant of your life — the days that are in front of you, right now.

Make sure you make excel­lent use of them.

The Chal­lenge

• Grab a cof­fee or tea and spent just 30 min­utes to make sure you’re going in the right direction
• Review the Quar­ter­ly Plan tem­plate from Chap­ter 17 of my book
• Do the one-page review on your Work, your Self and your Life. What are the top pri­or­i­ties for each area that will make the biggest impact, enjoy­ment or improvement?
• Review your plan with some­one impor­tant to you, at work and in your life.