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Jim Rohn once said, “Don’t start the day until you have it finished,” emphasizing the importance of planning things out. It’s something I agree with and definitely need to do more.

Planning things out, especially writing them down, makes a great difference. It may not sound like it would make a difference, but have you ever gone grocery shopping with a strict list of items to buy and a budget, versus just going to the grocery store with no plan and buying anything?

I have. I spend far too much money when I go to the grocery store with no plan. When I look at what’s on sale, then create a list of items to buy and stick to that list, my trip to the grocery store is far cheaper and more successful. In return, that brings me a sense of satisfaction and saves me money.

So, that can be applied to planning our day, week, month, and year. Plan things out and stick to it, and watch the results come.

No matter what it is, the rough draft is often more important than the final draft.

Sometimes, we become so fixated on perfection that it hinders our progress in completing a task.

The rough draft doesn’t have to be flawless; it simply needs to be finished. You can make necessary adjustments once you reach that stage; you just need to give yourself something to work with.

By completing a rough draft, you’re already ahead of those who haven’t accomplished anything. So, regardless of your goal, focus on finishing that rough draft and proceed from there. Fortunately, it won’t be the final version.

Sometimes, personal growth feels like training for track and field or something similar. At first, you invest the effort and do what is necessary to grow.

Just like running, you often don’t realize how much you’ve grown until you’re next to others. That can be bittersweet. You might see yourself growing apart from certain people or activities.

For me, I wouldn’t realize how much I grew while away at college until I went back home to visit. Nowadays, I sometimes don’t realize how much I’ve grown until I interact with certain people, or when I’m in situations where I would have acted or thought differently in the past.

We often feel a certain way about certain situations that we once did not feel that way. Or we may respond to certain situations in ways that we would not have in the past. We may not be able to put our finger on the weird feeling that we have I those moments, but the reason could be because you grew in some type of way.

Just like training for track, you can put the work in to deliberately grow. In fact, we should do that. If you’re not getting faster, you’re getting slower. If you aren’t growing, you’re shrinking.

When you pull out a loose tooth prematurely, the new tooth may not have enough space to grow straight, potentially causing it to come in crooked. My mom always told me this as a child.

Whenever I had a loose tooth, I would heed my mom’s advice and allow the tooth to naturally fall out. As a result, I have never needed braces, and my teeth are reasonably straight.

Regardless of the situation, you cannot rush the process. We must allow things to unfold naturally for the best outcomes. Dr. Myles Munroe once said, “The longest way to success is a shortcut.”

Whatever you aspire to achieve in life, thoroughly understand the process for optimal success and follow it.

My mom taught me more than just how to deal with loose teeth; she taught me about life.

Big goals often need smaller goals or steps to reach them. Breaking a large goal into smaller parts makes it easier to see progress and stay motivated. These smaller goals are like stepping stones that help us achieve the main goal.

If we want to reach a big goal or live a certain way, we should also think about the other things we need to do or change to make it happen.

Sometimes, it takes longer to reach a big goal if we’re not aware of all the smaller steps. And even when we do achieve a big goal, the smaller milestones along the way help us maintain it. We might go back to where we started if we’re not fully prepared.

So, it’s important to appreciate and celebrate each small goal we achieve on the path to our big goal. By understanding the smaller steps needed and being ready for them, we can reach our goals and continue to thrive.

If someone consistently fails to keep their word or do what they say they will, we would eventually view them as unreliable and untrustworthy. We would likely distance ourselves and lower our expectations of their reliability.

Now, imagine the impact when we make promises to ourselves but fail to follow through and keep our word. The effect is just as negative, if not worse.

With others, we consciously feel a certain way about those who don’t keep their word. However, when we consistently fail to keep our word with ourselves, the effects may be subconscious, yet they can still affect our confidence and self-esteem.

If we’re unhappy or things aren’t going as we want them to, it’s worth checking whether we’ve been keeping our word with ourselves.

So, it’s important to keep our word in general, but even more so with ourselves. We need to do what we promised ourselves we would do.

After all, how can someone else rely on us if we can’t even rely on ourselves? Just something to think about.