Time and Goal Planner

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A planner for any

season of your life!

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Growth Mindset Living

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First Publication date: June 2020

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Dates to Remember in the Year Ahead…

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Introduction:

This Planner was originally created to accompany my first two books, Growth Mindset Living: Practical Lessons and Life Applications to Become the Best Version of YOU, Book 1 and Book 2. Each of the two books in the series covers 26 weeks of the year. The planner can be used in combination with the books or alone to help you plan and organize your time and goals, exactly as the title states!

First, let me explain what the Growth Mindset is. The Growth Mindset is a belief or attitude about the malleability of any personal qualities, meaning you can be shaped or molded into something else, something better and stronger. We are born with just 25% of what it takes to be the best version of

ourselves, to live our best life, our innate intelligence and talents. The other 75% we create through what we think, what we feel, what we do, and what we choose. This belief is very powerful, it affects the way we live our life and determines what we accomplish and become. YOU can achieve anything you want; YOU have the power to create the life you desire, but you must ensure you have a Growth Mindset in order to do so, for someone with a fixed

mindset believes they are stuck with what they got.

Our life goes in the direction of our thoughts; there is simply nothing more powerful in guiding our life than our thinking! From our thoughts come our actions, it is the doing, the actions we take, that will create the life we desire. The actions we take flow directly from those powerful thoughts that fill our mind every day, day-in and day-out. Where will your current thoughts lead you?

I developed a working list of nine factors we each have control over, factors that have the power to transform our life into the life we WANT to live, not one that happens by chance. Those factors are effort, grit, perseverance, resiliency, responsibility, risk, intentionality, consistency, and self-efficacy and are on page 6 in the planner which you can copy or cut out and then post.

Effort is active, meaningful time invested, it’s the hard work. It is

determination to master the skills and tasks that challenge you, which will help your brain to grow stronger much like muscles do. As the neural

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efforts, those skills and tasks will eventually become easier. Anything can be learned with effort and practice!

Grit is stamina, or endurance, and has two parts: passion and perseverance. Passion is staying focused on consistent goals overtime and is the more

difficult of the two parts.

Perseverance is the refusal to give up regardless what adversities you face. If you face an obstacle, work to find a solution; complaining is simply a waste of time and will create a negative mindset, which will only add to your

obstacle.

Resiliency is defined as the ability to recover quickly from difficulties, to bounce back. It is the getting back up and not giving up that will lead you down the path to achieving your goals of any kind. Mistakes are part of everyone’s life and should be valued as rich learning opportunities, as a natural part of the growth process.

Responsibility can be summed up as practicing self-discipline and being accountable for your choices, finishing what you start, doing your best, and continuing to try regardless whether or not you feel like it in the moment. Self-discipline is a key to success at anything!

Intentionality is choosing to think about and take actions deliberately and with purpose, for the forward movement toward your goals in all life areas.

Consistency is defined as steady and regular effort. What matters most is the effort you exert consistently overtime in order to grow, improve, and reach your goals. It’s the hours of mindful practice you accumulate, not the short spurts exerted until you’re faced with challenges, which allow you to succeed.

Risk is defined as the intentional interaction with uncertainty. Without taking a chance, or trying something you don’t feel comfortable with initially, a goal cannot be reached; growth happens in our discomfort zone! Keep in mind, courage does NOT mean the absence of fear.

Self-efficacy is one’s belief in his or her ability to succeed in specific

situations or in accomplishing a task. It is a very powerful belief, or lack of belief, that plays a major part in how we approach goals, tasks, and

challenges. Unfortunately, your lack of belief in your abilities can quickly become a self-fulfilling prophesy.

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My hope and prayer for my readers, is that you will DO the work involved to make the choices and changes you need to, in order to move your life in the direction of your dreams. Like anything you want in life, YOU must DO the work to attain “it,” whatever your “it” is. Enjoy the journey, but first commit to giving the effort it will take to create the changes you want to see in

yourself and in your life. If you get off track (and you very well may), don’t beat yourself up or quit, just recommit and begin again immediately; never put off till Monday what you can do today! Attainment is not always a straight and smooth road, but more like life with peaks, valleys, and struggles…but it will all be worth it as you look back and see your progress and goals

unfolding.

This planner is created to help you stay focused and really work through your goals. There are no specific dates, you must add them; this will allow you to begin whenever you choose to within the year. At the end of each week there is designated space for you to write down five positives each day. Seek to find them no matter what is going on in your life! You can find beauty amidst the darkest days if you are intentional in seeking it. Use the goals/notes pages to write down what you want to accomplish in that week. You can use the triangles however you want to differentiate between goals and the steps to attain them by filling some in, creating arrows or bullets…have a symbol for your goals and a symbol for the specific, necessary steps. Refer to them daily to help you stay on track; I recommend doing so at the beginning and end of each (work) day.

Assess your goals at the end of each month, writing the goals you have

attained on page 4-5, as you achieve each. Revise them as you see fit based on your circumstances, needs, and their progress. At the end of six months you will be asked to do a deeper assessment of your goal achievement and your own growth. You will also be asked to contemplate and plan your growth and goals for the next six months. Remember, whatever effort you are willing to put in, is exactly what you will gain, “we reap what we sow.”. Giving

anything just 15 minutes of effort a day will add up to 7-1/2 hours in a month and 90 hours a year…think how much you can accomplish in 90 hours. Or even 180 hours with just 30 minutes a day. This year will pass (quickly) despite what you choose to do with it!

The benefit of reading the book along with working the planner…

You will hear these nine factors mentioned again and again throughout the two-part, 52-lesson book I have written. You will also hear “how we think, is

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how we feel, is how we act, is how we think,” repeatedly. You will read my personal mantra of “learn, grow, and change” over and over, as well. We must hear and do things repeatedly for them to really work, for us to not only learn and grow, but to change; think about the repeated learning kids do in school year after year for 13 years. When I discuss your goals and the smaller steps you must accomplish to achieve them, I will instruct you to think about and reevaluate them often. Les Brown suggests, “goals should be reviewed twice every day in order to stay focused.” I will remind you to be intentional when making choices, because although you are free to choose, you are not free from the consequences of your choices. If you do not have my Growth Mindset Living books, I strongly suggest you do a self-inventory of your strengths, weaknesses, and values on my website,

GrowthMindsetLife.com, under the Foundation tab. The more we know our self, the more we are able to grow!

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To achieve anything in life YOU must USE

the

nine factors YOU have CONTROL over…

(To copy & post!)

Effort

—the hard work and meaningful time

invested

Grit

—stamina or endurance, passion +

perseverance

Perseverance

—the refusal to give up

Resiliency

—bouncing back from difficulties

Responsibility

—self-discipline and

accountability

Intentionality

—making deliberate and

purposeful choices

Risk

—the courage to take a chance despite

uncertainty

Consistency

—doing a little bit every day,

steadily moving forward

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What is your primary goal in each area of your life as you begin

this 6-month planner?

Spiritual--

Family--

Relationships--

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Growth and learning--

Professional--

Financial--

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A book for any

season of your life!

Growth Mindset Living:

Practical Lessons and Life Applications

to Become the Best Version of YOU!