You say, "I'm going to lose 30 kilograms by Christmas."

That's your goal. You have given it a time. What is your plan? Your plan is to eat less and exercise more. That's a simple plan without complicated diets.

So now you have to implement that. You have to put that plan in motion. Well how much less are you going to eat? Perhaps you could start by say cutting your plate size in half. You are making a plan.

How much more exercise are you going to do? Well if you haven't been doing any up until now, any amount of exercise is an improvement.

But that's not good enough. You might have to get on that exercise bicycle, elliptical or whatever it is, and get going. You could do 30 minutes a day.

Now that's a specific plan. You get up in the morning and you are feeling starved. You think,

"Ooh breakfast. I think I will have bacon and eggs, hash browns, toast, coffee, pancakes, maple syrup. Yummy it sounds so good. Let's get in there and eat."

That is probably what you feel like doing right now. But your plan says you are cutting down on what you eat. Let me tell you this is when you will really begin to mutter, but not the way you should though.

You should have been muttering to yourself all the time saying,

"I'm going to lose weight. I'm going to eat half of what I normally do. I'm going to lose weight. I'm going to cut down.

"Where I normally have two pieces of bacon, I'm only having one. Where I normally have two eggs, I'm only having one. Where I normally have toast, I'll just cut that out altogether.

"I'll just scrap the muffins and the pancakes. I won't have any more sugar. I'm cutting it down. I'm going to do this."

It's your plan. You have to psyche yourself up and say,

"Okay, now you're not really hungry. That food is really bad for you."

You have to do some muttering. But in the end, you will find yourself saying,

"Now listen to me, boy. You are NOT going to eat it."

You have to start with words, because if you don't speak your plan out you will forget it. You have to mutter to yourself and see yourself doing the correct thing in your mind. If you don't, you will not come to a place where you are able to follow through.

You might think it is easy to say,

"Well I will just decide that this is what I am going to do, and this is what I am not going to do."

But it is not as easy as it looks.

Your Will is Weak

You see actions are often the servant rather than the master. You may think that you have the willpower to decide what to do or not do.

But you will find out soon enough that your will is weak. You will find that the things you want to do are the things you cannot do. Something inside of you seems to fight back.

How many times have you sat down to do what you know you need to do today, but you just don't feel like doing it? While you are struggling with this, the phone rings and you end up talking for a half hour. Then you make excuses and say,

"You know I was planning to do that, but this phone call was more important. Somebody needed me and we chatted for hours. "

Before you know it the morning is gone and you say,

"You know I really did plan to do that. Honestly I did. But well… time ran away."

That's what will happen if all you plan to do is choose by the power of your will. It is going to take more than that. You will have to open your big mouth a little. You will have to begin talking to yourself and saying,

"This is what you are going to do. This is what you are not going to do. And you are going to finish it by this morning."

Pressure from Other People

Then just to make it a little bit clearer, you need to tell someone else what you are going to do. That makes it even more difficult because by the end of the day somebody is going to say to you,

"So did you get to finish that project this morning then?"

What are you going to say?

"Well I really was planning to, but I got chatting. Then there was an emergency at home so I couldn't do it."

People will look at you in disbelief and say,

"We knew you wouldn't do it."

It can be one of the strongest motivators, if everybody is saying,

"Yeah, we knew you couldn't do it."

You might get angry and say,

"I'll show you I can do it!"

That's good. Get some emotions into action. Get some motivation, even if it is out of anger. Get it going, but carry out the action.

Break Your Actions Down

Your plan has a time span that reaches to your goal. Your plan also has many actions to carry out before it's complete. The sooner you carry out each one of them, the sooner you will reach the goal. It is that simple.

See if you can break your plan down into actions. Break them down into smaller pieces that are reachable.

Then begin to put action to your plans. Your action is always based on your plans. And because it is based on your plans, your action will always head towards your goals. And your goals of course will always be affected by your dreams.

As you put them all together, you bring your fantasy into reality, and you cause your dreams and visions to come into manifestation in your life.

These four stages are essential to accomplish anything in this world. I have given you a broad overview of all of them here.

Know God's Plans First

You might ask,

"But is that what I really should be doing? What if God has another plan for me?"

Then, you had better find out His plan before you start this. Don't try to think about it halfway through. If He has a plan for you then He will not change his mind halfway.

Find out your goal in life. Find out what you should be aiming for and why you are here. Find out what you are living for and make up your mind.

Decide what you want to accomplish in the future. Once you have set that it shouldn't change. If it does, then you did not make up your mind yet.

As you put these four things together - your dreams, your goals, your plans, words and actions - you can accomplish anything that you choose in this world, and you will.

In the next section, I am going to show you how to find out what God's plans are for you. This is very important for a believer, because we should always work together with the Lord.

The Lord knows what you need and desire, and He has a very special plan just for you. It will line up with all your dreams and visions, and it will be tailor-made to match all your abilities.

So before you start putting those dreams, goals and plans into action, let's find out what God has planned for you.

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