Have a plan - 85/101 Entrepreneur Mistakes & Lessons

Wherever you want to go and whatever you want to do in life you need a plan.My goal is to write this and dozens of other books by March 2017 and my plan is to create different books on topics using a certain book writing strategy.Without a plan you are like a ship that has no course of action. The ship might eventually leave the harbor, but with a plan it knows which way to go and which course to set.Never leave anything to chance. When you leave things to chance, you are that ship in the harbor: you may not get out to open sea.Without a plan you have no course of action.You need a plan of action for the tasks and objectives you want to achieve.When you have a plan you have a structure and something to follow which will guide you to success.The more thorough your plan is the better. Because there will be things that come up which will throw a spanner in the works and mess up your plans. You see a plan never survives contact with the enemy, so you need a backup plan and you need to be flexible in case of emergencies.Which bring me on to contingencies: you need to have fail safes set up in case you don't meet your plans, or in case there are emergencies.Lastly, it is worth reminding yourself about your plans in your affirmations. I remind myself about the deadlines, so they are always at the top of my head. And because of that I am thinking about is how I can fulfill my plans and get the task done in the time allotted.Question of the day: what do you need to plan?There are another 100 mistakes that I made here.