So often we are faced with the fact that 24 hours in a day is not enough at all to have time to do everything planned. We try to do everything at once, without completing many things to the end. But there is a great way to deal with such a problem, and that way is planning.
What is planning?
Planning is the process of optimal allocation of time and other resources necessary to achieve the goals and objectives, as well as the very setting of goals, objectives and actions. Most often, planning is used in the activities of various organizations, firms and large enterprises, and in this case we are talking about long-term planning, which includes a plan for 5, 10, 20 years or more. But an individual can and even need to plan the implementation of all his affairs, be it work, school, household or personal affairs. To do everything, you need to prioritize, identify important and unimportant, urgent and non-urgent matters. So we can get rid of unnecessary things that interfere with our activities and productive work.
The benefits of planning
one.. Often, when thinking about the future, we imagine an ideal image in our head and think "yes, someday I will achieve this." But what "this" and when this "someday" will come is not specified. When we begin to formulate a thought on paper, the goal becomes clear, we begin to realize what exactly we want and how soon we can achieve it.
2. George Miller's law says that we can keep 7 + -2 cases in our memory at the same time. This zone also includes completely unnecessary tasks that crowd out priority tasks from our attention. Sometimes we start to do something, and then we remember another thing, we give up the first one. As a result, we start a bunch of tasks that are never completed. Planning will help you organize your to-do list. We can clearly see important tasks that need to be done right now, and unimportant ones that can be postponed. As the action is completed, it can be crossed out, which also has a very positive effect on the activity, because we clearly imagine overcoming the path to the intended goal.
3.. If you approach the drawing up of a plan adequately and realistically, then all things will be carried out efficiently and in a calm rhythm, without bringing a person to exhaustion and not driving him into a corner with its impracticability. And the emotional state becomes much more positive and calmer when a person knows exactly what he needs to do.
4.. If we are faced with any difficulty in implementing a mental plan, we quickly abandon it. But if errors arise in an already fixed plan, we can trace them and correct them for a new situation, continuing to move towards the intended goal.
5. All of the above items add up to. Almost all businessmen and successful people plan not only their day, but also a week, months and even years. They adequately allocate their time resources, and therefore know exactly by what time they will be able to do everything. That is why the correct planning of resources helps to achieve the intended goal with a very high probability.
