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The Way To Begin Is To Begin:

Converting Plans To Reality

 Key Points  Your Checklist
  Review your original
goal statement. Then
take a look at the
resources upon which
"Sometimes I (Walt) your analysis has been
follow my own advice. based.

"Rarely." (Phyl) Think about the
activities which would
be necessary in helping
you to carry out your
plans
During my Time
Management training
courses I always
suggested to the
participants that one
way to overcome Choose one of your
procrastination is to planned activities with
start with a few small which to begin active
"workbites." work on making your
[Nowadays, it's change.
usually "workbytes."
(Phyl)]

If necessary, break the
activity down into even
I find myself doing smaller, more manageable
just that when I am sections in order to get
confronted with what started.
seems to be a
"monster" of a
project.

Go for it!

The small bite may
simply be taking out
the project file and
reviewing it. Or, it
may be making one
telephone call.
Anything, no matter
how inconsequential it
may seem, is better
than doing nothing.

One bite leads to
another, and it does
not take long before I
realize that I'm
through the main
course, and beginning
to contemplate
dessert.

[Actually, it's the
dessert he's been
contemplating since
before the first bite!
(Phyl)]
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Great! Now that you are carrying out your
planned change in the real world, you need to
keep track of how you are doing. Time to move on
to the last item in this roadmap for change: Of
"Records" and "Wrap-Up," Evaluating A Planned
Change.

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