What is planning?
It is imagining the future in mind and taking
the effective steps to achieve it and get to it.
Planning is an essential skill for everyone
who wants to excel in his life .To have a clear vision is very important.
If you want to achieve, compete with others and be in a better position
in the future, it will draw the map of your life and give you the guidelines to
your directions. A good planning will increase your productivity and make
your life easier.
There are many benefits for planning such as:
· It
gives you a clear vision to your life.
· Prepare
you for the future.
· It
will save your time.
· It
will boost your potential power to achieve more and do your best.
· Increase
the productivity.
If you ask some unsuccessful people what they want to be in
their life, they will not answer you or they say something to be successful
without determining how or on what they want to be successful. That way this
will lead to nothing or the achievement will not be as expected or may never
come!
When I was working in a school as a
technician, during my course I gave a presentation to the society. I asked them
what they wanted to be in the future. These were the answers I mostly got.
·
I want to finish my studies and then I will
decide!
·
I want to work in the military or
government!
·
I want to go to college or university!
Some of them simply said, “I don’t know.”
All these answers will make you shocked
because this indicates that they don’t know where they are going, why they are
studying or what they want to do in life?! Especially if they are students in
the last year of their study, whether in school or university. Really, I do not know in what regard they
chose these subject to study! These
issues need to be studied and solutions made and should be taken care from the
organizations and society if they want the community to be better and everyone
to be productive and play an important role in his life in serving his nation.
All these answers are a desire because it is
not determined which will get the student confused and dispersed about his
choices in this life so these goals need to be clear.
In 1983 a study was made in Harvard University
for students in their last year of graduation from Business study. They asked
the students what they wanted to do after graduation; 90 % of them said
that they didn't know, 7% determined their goal was to become
a manager , a salesman or a sale manager or an interpreter or business
man.3% also determined their goal and had written it.
After 20 years when they follow their life
route they find that, the income of the 3% who had determined and had written
their goals was equal to the 90 % together. This is because they had a clear
vision about their life and about what they wanted to do. This will help them
concentrate and motivate them to go ahead, to achieve it and make an action
plan to get to their goals. Then they choose the tools which can help them
and which can overcome the challenges that they face.
So dear students, you should have a clear
vision about your life and future whether jobs or subjects you want to study.
This will help you to be one of the best and efficient people in life. Choose
subjects, which you desire, based on your skills and abilities.
Also, be careful not to do as some students
who choose courses and jobs because their friends or parents influenced them
to. Because after some time you will see that it is against your desire and
maybe you will lose the interest in studies and may discontinue college.
Here are some advice, which will
help you to determine and help chose your field of study:
1- Chose
the subjects which fit your abilities or desires.
Ask others who can help you or guide you, and who you can trust
and the most important thing is that they should have the knowledge about it.
2- Don’t
listen to anyone trying to upset you about your choice. Eventually it is your
route to life and you will have to walk it alone. Face these challenges
whatever may come, if you believe that you will reach your goals one day.
3- Take
care of the need in the market in the future before you chose the subject of
study because you may find it difficult when you graduate from college after
years of study but at the end, it is your desire and passion to learn.
Make
sure of your choice and how it will be in the future as the great motivator and
writer Stephen R. Covey said in
his book (the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People), “BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND,” that
will make your vision clear about your future and how you can handle it and
reduce the pressure from you if you face any challenge.
FAIZ ALMAMARI
FAIZ ALMAMARI
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