Strategic Planning Kit For Dummies®, 2nd Edition

Chapter 20

Ten Ways to Maintain Momentum in Your Planning Process (And Life)

In This Chapter

• Realizing your vision of success and goals to getting there
• Steering clear of common roadblocks
• Moving your plan to completion

Completing your strategic plan is on your to-do list, right? But is it slipping lower and lower down the list? I know that feeling. And don't worry; you're not alone! In fact, I'd wager that everyone reading this book is struggling with the same problem. Completing your strategic plan and maintaining momentum with implementing it are arguably two of the most important things you have to do.

Creating momentum in your life, just like in business, takes increasing the activities that move you forward and decreasing those that hold you back. Sounds like a snap, but living the life you desire isn't always easy to achieve. You have habits and cycles to overcome. But by creating momentum, you can move past those habits and toward the life you want. Momentum, by its nature, requires a lot of upfront push to get the ball rolling. In this chapter, I give you ten tips to jump-start the momentum in your strategic plan and life in general.