2013 SPRING ISSUE | CHOICES 15 your budget, or you don’ t. If you don’ t, then you make a choice: to either drop something else to a lower priority or make a plan to earn enough to get what you want.
Dwight Eisenhower said,“ Plans are worthless. Planning is everything.” When you’ ve planned, you know where you’ ll spend your resources and how to change your plan when necessary. But if you leave yourself in the dark about your own plans, you set yourself up to fall short of both resources and rewards.
Building your value, developing a straight-forward manner of communicating, and planning your budget are three vital personal attributes for having enough to spend on what you choose to want.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Gregory Lay is a speaker and writer who focuses on the needs of people whose careers haven’ t gone as expected. You can read more by Gregory on his website, www. AccidentalCAREER. com.