Why Every Young Professional Must Have a Plan For Their Future

The first step in being successful as a young professional is to determine what you would like to accomplish in your personal and professional life

. Understand what you are truly passionate about and what would give you excitement every single day. To accomplish this, two factors are completely necessary right now: having a commitment to being successful and knowing what you must accomplish in order to feel successful.

If you were building a skyscraper, would you just start laying down materials or would you need a blueprint that specified how everything needed to look? If you were going to start a business, would you have a business plan or just cross your fingers and hope you made money? Your life is no different your blueprint or business plan is your vision of success and it will guide you throughout your building process towards success.

The sooner you can create a well defined vision of what success looks like to you, the sooner you can begin working towards your goals and dreams. Dont get stuck with the majority of young professionals who wake up, go to work, go home and repeat this process five times a week with no idea what direction they are headed in. If you are waking up in the morning without any reason for going to work other than to pay the bills, you wont be very motivated, and your day-to-day activities will not have much purpose. If you arent inspired or motivated by anything, your days will be longer and less enjoyable than the days of someone who has a meaningful purpose and specific goals in mind. The same holds true for your personal life; without strong relationships and involvement in a variety of activities you will have trouble feeling a sense of purpose.

The biggest mistake business owners make is spending too much time working in their businesses and not enough time working on their businesses. They are involved in the day-to-day grind and arent able to take a step back and look at how they can run more efficient and effective businesses. The same principle applies to your life; it is easy to continue through the daily grind instead of questioning things. It is essential, however, to take that step back on a regular basis and to evaluate what you are doing well, what areas you must improve on, and how you can more efficiently accomplish your goals. This is otherwise known as your vision of success. Having a clearly defined vision of success will allow you to remain focused on what you want to accomplish while never losing sight of your true desires.

If you were to randomly ask 100 young professionals what their visions were for success in life, I would bet 95 of them would look at you with a blank stare and be initially speechless. How scary is it that the vast majority of young professionals are unable to tell you what they are trying to accomplish in life, either personally or professionally? I have found that the young professionals without a well-defined purpose or vision had no idea what they were working toward, if anything at all.

The sooner you can develop your vision and know it by heart, the more likely you are to have daily, monthly and yearly actions that are propelling you in this direction. The more clearly defined your vision is and the better you understand what you need to do to accomplish it, the more likely you are to make decisions that will lead you to your dreams.

You must be able to clearly explain to anyone what your vision is for your future and what is necessary for you to feel successful in life. When people ask you where you see yourself in 10 years, they will be amazed at how clearly defined your vision is for yourself. They will admire you for this and probably be jealous at how well you have things figured out at such a young age. Once they understand your vision, they will also be impressed at how your actions consistently align with your goals. Create your vision and work towards it every day - starting today!

Why Every Young Professional Must Have a Plan For Their Future

By: Tom Healy

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