Begin With The End In Mind

In my last post you learned about Habit One, Be Proactive. Now I want to share with you, Habit Two, Begin With The End In Mind.

Habit #2: Begin With The End In Mind

This focuses on planning ahead and setting goals, doing things that matter and make a difference, be an important part of your class (or company) and contribute to their mission and vision, and look for ways to be a good citizen.

Some examples of using this habit are:

• If you know you are going to be busy later in the day or week, get your work done early.
• Pick out what you are going to wear for the next day if you’re not a morning person (like me).
• Get a planner to write down your schedule and what you need to do.

Here’s a quote that represents this Habit really well:

I think about how the choices I make will effect my future, and I think about if the consequence of my actions will be positive or negative before I act.

Stephen Covey

This quote pretty much tells you a lot about why beginning with the end in mind is important. If you don’t think about how a choice will affect you, it could end up having a really bad consequence.

So make plans. The road of life will be bumpy, have some forks in it, twists and turns, but as long as you use Habit 2 you will make it!