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Take Action Now – 4 Ways to Work Your Plan

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It is magnificent to take action now and work your plan. It is always a good time to TAN aka Take Action Now. This means it is always the season to get up and start doing what you have planned to do. One of my favorite examples of what it means to take action now is found in the following word problem:

Five birds were sitting on a telephone wire when three birds decided to go to Florida.
Question: How many birds were left?
Answer: Five because deciding to do something is not the same thing as taking action now and doing something.

There is always something that needs to be done and smart planning makes it easier. When you have something to do, no matter what it is, start with a SMART plan to get it done. A SMART plan is one that has steps that are:

Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Realistic and
Time-bound.
It does not matter if the plan is for something as routine as making dinner for the family or as complex as starting a new business enterprise, your plans should always be SMART.

Once you have created a SMART plan, it is important to step up, take action now and actually get something done. It is scary to take action now. It is scary to step up and work towards accomplishing what you set out to do. But, scary or not, hard or not, you must step up and take action now.

 

Making plans is hard work, no doubt, but taking action to carry out the plans you make is even harder. Part of being an adult means that you must show up like a grown up and do the things that need to be done. Excuses don’t matter. Reasons and rationales don’t matter. Plans are made because there are things that need to get done. It is important to take action now to get those things done. There are a myriad of ways to take action now to work on your plans. Some of these include:

Schedule it
Break it down
Suck it up
Be Accountable

Schedule It

When making plans and planning to take action now, put your plan into your calendar. Be sure to mark down the start date, ending date and check in steps along the way. The calendar notes will serve as a reminder to pay attention to your plans.

Break It Down

Big plans are scary. It is hard to fathom how to accomplish some of the big things we need to do. However, if we break the big plans down into small segments, things become manageable. It is like eating an elephant. It is impossible to do in one bite. But, anyone can eat an elephant if it is broken down into small enough pieces.

Suck It Up

It is hard to take action now and do what needs doing. There are reasons to do it. There are ways to do it. We can all find encouragement and support. But when push comes to shove, the bottom line may be that we need to just suck it up, acknowledge it will be hard and get moving anyway.

Be Accountable

Positive peer pressure provided by accountability groups may be very helpful when one wants to take action now and get to work on the plans one has made. Accountability partners can be useful in causing you to get moving so that you can avoid the embarrassment of not doing what you are supposed to do.

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In conclusion, it is magnificent to take action now to work your plan. So, the question you this magnificent day is, what action are you going to take now to work your plan?

 

 

 

34 thoughts on “Take Action Now – 4 Ways to Work Your Plan”
  1. I love that acronym. SMART! Those are some great tips as well. I’m no good at scheduling but really need to get with the program. 🙂

  2. I find that power naps help me out and recharge my battery. Sometimes I purposely stay up all night to get my stuff done just so their won’t be any interruptions.

  3. Great post, thank you for this. I am very quickly learning that indeed, if I don’t schedule something in, it will not get done!

  4. I definitely need to work on putting timelines onto projects and sticking to it. I tend to be a little too flexible with things!

  5. You always have the best tips for reaching a goal. It’s funny, but your outline resembles our care plans in health care. I guess working toward a goal takes basically the same route. I always feel motivated when I read one of your posts.

  6. Such great tips! I always try to break down a plan if it seems insurmountable. Taking things step-by-step has helped me reach many goals but it’s always good to remember to do it! Thanks!

  7. These tips are very useful for any kind of planning. It always helps me to break tasks down into smaller parts. Much more manageable that way.

  8. Everytime I read your posts I get inspired. I’m a bit stuck now and I agree that Yes, the hardest part after making a plan is taking action. Tomorrow is another day and I hope I can take this advice to heart. Thanks!

  9. I attempt this all the time! I attempt to schedule or TAN but I always get back to how things were! I think being messy and disorganized is what makes me comfortable 🙂

  10. These are great tips! It’s so important to schedule your tasks and carry through with the schedule.

  11. This is a really SMART plan after all! I really need to suck it up lately…I have no motivation being pregnant and have been totally slacking on everything lately. I have to fix that asap!

  12. I have to agree with Kelli… “Suck it Up” is the best part. To me that has always been the biggest part of accomplishing things… especially those those parts that I dislike most.;)

  13. My favorite line.. Suck it up.. lol That’s actually something I say to a lot of people. Sometimes excuses need to be ignored and you just need to suck it up and get it done. Great tips! Sometimes I need to hear that myself 🙂

  14. Just like what my husband said before, you must step up, grow up, and do it. Somehow, scary or not, we just got to do it. Great tips like always and there is something to be learned. Thank you!

  15. These are so practical tips, I do have some plans lined up for this year, but just taking the first step is what I really need to do… hope these plans get realized. Thanks for sharing all these wonderful and timely tips!

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