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Using The Plan

Now you're ready to utilize the data.

Where are you today?

This is an abbreviated summary of where you are today, and will be a
mixture of feedback from others and your own thoughts.

For instance, if your focus arena is presentation skills, then it might be that

your “today” statements are “flush, feel faint, bumble over words”.

Will be?

If you turned in tonight and awakened with your issue solved, what would
that be like? Compose your answer as your “will be” statement.

This is an abbreviated summary of where you'll be when you've
accomplished your goal. These statements have to be phrased positively.

How acknowledged?

This is the length marker that measures how far along the path you've
come.

There's a close link between this and “Where are you going”, so there might
be a little repetition between the 2 areas. To keep it easy, the “how
acknowledged” is to help you measure your advancement.

Actions and resources

This step is for you to discover what you have to accomplish to get where
you wish to be. This is the time to become originative. There will be a wide

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