The Idea of a 5-Year-Plan is Nothing More Than Justified Procrastination - Biz Epic | Small business news; tips; networking

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Are you running toward success, or patiently sitting back waiting for the right moment? Learn more about why idea of a 5-year or 10-year life plan is really just an excuse to put off building the foundation of those plans.

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Written by lyceum
3518 days ago

Ivan: If you find your review time, and have tip for how to do it, please keep in touch! ;)

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Written by lyceum
3520 days ago

Ivan: I am using Trello for our TrendPal podcast show for episode notes, topics, to-do stuff, etc.

Momentum is an app for check-mark your different habits over time.

Have you find a way of doing a weekly review of your projects and to-do activities, in a timely fashion?

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Written by previsomedia
3518 days ago

Martin,

I ALWAYS missed my review time :)

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Written by lyceum
3523 days ago

Ivan: My book will be a non-fiction book on tea with a twist...

Do you want to share your thinking regarding a 3-month and a 12-month plan? How do you connect them with the daily to-do activities and weekly reviews?

Talking about habit creation, have you heard about the app, Momentum?

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Written by ivanpw
3520 days ago

Martin,

It's pretty straightforward, really - I put them into action by having a to-do list (I use 3 columns: To do/doing/done) for the day/week (I use Trello)

Momentum - I've heard about it, but haven't tried it. Quite similar to Trello, in a sense...

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Written by lyceum
3524 days ago

Ivan: Now I saw that it was Chad Steward that wrote the post! ;)

"Seriously though, here’s a couple of excerpts from my 18 month plan:

Publish a fiction novel I’ve been writing and revising for over 2 years now."

Do you have a 18 month plan?

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Written by ivanpw
3523 days ago

Martin

Yes - he's my writer :)

I'm looking forward to your novel!

I do have a 3 month plan and a 12 month plan :)

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Written by lyceum
3525 days ago

Ivan: You are right about that. I look forward to discuss this topic in more detail with you in the near future. I am curious to hear more about your fictional novel...

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Written by ivanpw
3524 days ago

Fictional novel?

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Written by lyceum
3525 days ago

Ivan: Don't you think that you could have positive 5 year plans, and negative ones? The bad one is practiced in a planned (read: socialism / communism) economy.

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Written by ivanpw
3525 days ago

Martin,

IHMO, even the positive 5 year plans can be bad plans if we have the wrong mindset :)

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