WHAT EVERY SUCCESSFUL MAN DOES EVERYDAY

By Bake Robert Tumuhaise

 

As we begin to seriously concentrate on working towards achieving the goals we set for ourselves this year, I felt I should share about a positive habit that has transformed my work, business and life generally, and which has brought results for many other people that I have shared it with. It’s called Action Planning.

 

I used to have big problems with managing my time and other resources because of not having a daily action plan. I would, for instance, leave home wanting to do ten things, only to realize it is evening and I’ve accomplished only two or three. To make it worse, sometimes I’d find that I started with the least important, such as visiting someone, and left out the most important things such as submitting a proposal before a deadline.

 

I would leave home and head to town with money in my pocked only to return home in the evening with nothing more than the transport fare. And like many other Africans, I would cover up my poor financial management habits by that claiming money passes through my fingers. But the truth remains: I was just a poor manager of resources.

 

In an attempt to solve my problem, I started drawing a plan for everyday, specifying what I wanted to do, what time I’d spend on each activity, the resources I would need and what I intended to achieve out of each activity. When I started to see positive results I disciplined myself more to stick to my daily action plans.

 

Later, I discovered that this is actually an action plan and that every successful man or woman does it whether knowingly or unknowingly. So I decided to start training other people how to develop their own daily action plans and the results continued to amaze me.

 

Since that time I have continued to make my daily action plan for myself and together with my staff, we always make one for my company. It helps us know who does what, when, what he/she needs, the expected results and so on. With an action plan it’s easy to tell where the problem is once you don’t see results.

 

If last year, you had issues with managing your time, money and other resources, I encourage you to try out action planning. An action plan will help you prioritize your activities of the day and not waste a lot of time on less important things. It will help you value your time more and for sure you will be able to maximize the hours in a day without unnecessary confusion and stress.

 

Just for your information, at WORLD OF INSPIRATION we offer this training at 50,000/= only ( and freely to our subscribed members). I also remind you of our coming unmissable inspirational event, AUTHORS' FORUM - Uganda's number one inspirational event. It will happen on Wednesday 6th Feb, 5-8pm at the National Theatre. It will focus on 'INCREASING OUR FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE'.

 

The main speaker is Coach Phil, an internationally-acclaimed success coach. We shall also have a Celeb Interview with Dr. Monica Etima and we shall launch her book, 'PARENTING THIS GENERATION'. Entrance is only 20,000/= but you need to secure your ticket NOW by calling us on 0744107287 / 0704666851 / 0414691595 and your ticket(s) will be delivered right where you are at no additional cost.

 

You can also have my latest inspirational novel that's rocking East Africa entitled 'TEARS OF MY MOTHER; The Success Story of Nyamishana, the First Female President of Uganda'. It's at 20k only.

 

Otherwise, this 2013, do what every successful man/woman does everyday and that's action-planing.

 

Stay blessed and inspired.

 

 

Bake is the Managing Director of WORLD OF INSPIRATION and the Founder of the AUTHORS' FORUM in Uganda.