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After you agreed on the details of your voyage, it’s time to draw a concrete plan. Plans are made to be changed, but remember : “if you fail to plan, you are planning to fail !” (Develop the Strategy) Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 7h00 8h00 9h00 … With everything properly agreed and planned, you now you have all the information required to start making reservations and preparations for the trip : booking travel agency, subscribing travel insurance, listing useful addresses, checking luggage, clothing, toilet articles, … mak ing sure your plants or pets will be taken care off during your vacation, that your letter box will be emptied …. (projects and actions) A week before leaving start checking all your preparations. Travel documents ready? Luggage ok? Also, reconfirm deals made: your plans and pets count on being taking care off during your vacation! (monitor and re-evaluate your projects and actions) Finally: Enjoy your Vacation ! Journey to anywhere Before going any further: may I ask you to stop for a moment and answer two little questions ? : 1. Have you noticed any important considerations that I forgot to mention in the strategical approach on the previous pages? 2. In your opinion, have I listed actions which do not contribute to assuring that you will have a successful trip to Florence? That is: suppose that you were really leaving on a trip to Florence, which of the listed actions would you NOT take ? OK, after having answered these questions, you can now proceed to the last page : About Success in Life If it takes this amount of planning to assure a successful 5 day trip, How come you are not planning and following through on your planning When it comes to assuring success for this so much more important trip, Which is : YOUR JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE ? 3