Now that you are clear on your goals, the desired outcome and the purpose driving you - it is time to develop your plan of action!

The outcome of your plan is to devise the specific actions that you need to take that will move you closer to your goal.  The biggest thing to remember here is that, similar to during the goals exercise, you should be creative and let your thoughts flow as you brainstorm the potential actions that will help you move towards your desired outcome.

There are three important points to note before you start your planning brainstorm:

1. There are many ways to achieve a single objective, so don't give up after you have only listed one or two. 
   For instance, if your outcome is to become fluent in French you could: move to France to immerse yourself in the language, subscribe to French newspapers and magazines, buy an audio programme, buy a tutorial for your computer, go to night school, read French websites, buy a French/English phrasebook, learn ten new words per day, hire a French 'au pair', get home tuition, listen to French music, take an Open University course, visit online forums for support etc.
   
   
2. Just because you have listed all of these actions does not mean that you have to accomplish them all!
   It is important to remember the 80/20 rule in this instance, in that 20% of your actions are likely to lead to 80% of our outcomes.  Often a smaller number of actions result in the largest difference to your life.
   
   
3. Your goals and actions should remain flexible!
   Just because you have set these goals at this moment in time does not mean that this will always make sense to you.  You should review your goals every now and then (week/month/year - whichever works for you) to make sure that they are still relevant to your life.  For instance, if you set your goals twelve months ago and now you are about to have a child then your goals and purpose will probably shift slightly!

Exercise: take each outcome/result that you specified in the previous exercise and list every possible action you could take that would move you towards the attainment of that goal. Again, that there is no right or wrong answer and you should note what makes sense to you, not anyone else.

Next step > go and achieve your goals!

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