The Law of Planning

Dear Friends,

You have probably heard the old adage, If you fail to plan, you plan to fail! This may be an old adage, but it is just as up to date today as it was in the past. People who fail to plan set themselves up for failure. When I was 17 years old, I learned this from a 93-year-old gentleman who became my first mentor. He said that, If you do not plan your life, you let other people plan it. And you live someone else's dream! I realized then how significant that is, and now I realize it even more.

When I was 17 years old, I began my Master Plan—my plan for life. That 93-year-old gentleman asked me to write a plan for one hundred years! He has passed away, but I if I could I would hug him today. He has made a significant difference in my life, a huge impact on my life, because of this Master Plan!

What does this mean in your life? Every single day (do not miss a day) take a few moments to sit down and organize and plan your life. Start with spirituality, mental development, career development, and move from there into financial development, family development, social development, and physical development. Spiritual, mental, vocational, financial, family, social, and physical! Put something down for each one of these major categories of life, as you begin to plan your unique life, your dream, and your vision! Draw out your plans on a computer or on paper. Take your dreams from inside your heart, and put them down on paper. There is something magical in translating intangible ideas into tangible realities on paper. The first step in taking an idea and giving it form and reality is to write it down.

A short pencil is better than a long memory. Sometimes we have a jumbled up idea, but when we crystallize it on paper or type it in, and really edit it and refine it, our plans begin to manifest. We literally start to attract the ideas and events that we hold in our mind. The plan helps us direct that!

We become the directors of our production. Every day, take a few moments—even if it is only 10 minutes before you go to bed, or 10 minutes when you first wake up—to look at the plan that you started. Refine it, and keep refining it, and keep refining and defining it. I started when I was 17 years old with my plan. I wanted to travel the world, and share my inspiring ideas with people! I wanted to see and set foot on every country of the world. Today, many years later, that plan has become true.

You are the Captain of Your Ship and Master of Your Destiny. Start with your plan. Simply take a few moments every day to draw out and design your plan, as an architect designs a building. Imagine trying to build a building without a plan! The workers could not get anything done! You have, in a sense, all the motivating workers sitting inside you, but they cannot get into action until you design the plan. Follow the Law of Planning. Every day take a few moments to keep defining your plan. You are the Master!

Love,
Dr. John Demartini

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