How Do You Develop An Action Plan For Personal Improvement?
One of the major obstacles to achieving personal improvement goals is the lack of a good action plan. Developing good action plans is not hard, but you need to learn how to do it efficiently. The result should be an effective road map to get you to your goal. Here’s how to put a personal improvement plan (PIP) together. Step 1 CLEARLY STATE YOUR GOAL. A clear goal is needed to start the process. A goal should state what you hope to accomplish and by when it should be achieved. Here are a few examples: (1) I will lose 20 lbs by June 30th; (2) I will work up to doing five 45-minute aerobic walks a week by August 1st; (3) I will add 1,000 new words to my vocabulary within 12 months. Once you have your goal or goals clearly specified you are ready to develop your action plan(s). Step 2 IDENTIFY THE MAIN TASKS NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOAL. Each goal needs a separate action plan because the tasks required to get to each goal may be unique. This step is where your knowledge and creativity ar