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HOW TO
PLAN FOR A
HIGH-IMPACT
2018
WITH
Stacy Ike
MADE BY
ASHLEY WHITE
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If you’re like me, you can’t
believe it’s already November.
This year flew by. If you hav-
en’t already, now is the time
to prepare for a successful
year ahead as 2017 is quickly
coming to an end. With proper
planning, the likelihood of
having a prosperous year is
great—just ask media maven
Stacy Ike. “2017 has been the
year of expansion—expand-
ing my brand, expanding my
business, expanding my team,
career and abilities,” says
Ike. All that growth came
with proper planning. Known
for her empowering tagline,
“Fight For Your Fairytale,” Ike
provides tips for planning for a
high-impact year…
the first 30 minutes of each
day, praying, stretching and
reading. A routine combina-
tion of these three things set
a productive tone for the day
and keep us in the mindset to
conquer all.
at the same time. Growth
requires change and challenge.
Get out of your comfort zone,
and challenge yourself once
a day. It doesn’t have to be
something major, it just has
to be new. Don’t be afraid of
what you have never don e
Distractions affect us so much before, don’t be afraid of
and we look up and say, ‘How things you have never seen.
did it get November?’ We let
The more you commit to your
our time go by sometimes. If
growth, the closer you get to
we want to have these creative the best version of yourself.”
and entrepreneurial lifestyles,
we have to be super diligent
PRIORITIZE YOUR TIME
with our time. I wake up at 6
or 7am every day. I have to. So “If you’re anything like me,
doing that and knowing that
your to-do-list can sometimes
the first 30 minutes of my day be too long. It is defeating at
have nothing to do with Ins-
times. I realized prioritizing
tagram, social media, emails,
and strategizing helped me
nothing to do with anything
succeed more than obsessing
START EACH DAY OFF WITH but centering myself to do the over an impossible list. As you
INTENTION
day is a really big deal.”
start planning for 2018, think
about what can be done now,
“It’s so easy to wake up and
DO SOMETHING THAT
and what is for later. Are the
immediately check our phones SCARES YOU EVERY DAY
things on your list a part of
for emails, social media up-
the 5-year goal or the 5-month
dates, text messages or all of
“This year, I learned the most goal? Know the difference and
the above. But, how we start
about myself in my uncomfort- prioritize accordingly.”
the day inevitably influenc-
able moments. I learned you
es our productivity. Spend
can’t be great and comfortable
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