How often do you use these Vulcan tips in planning?
Never:  Never use it: 
Try:  Might try it.
Use:  Use it as needed
Tell: Tell it to people who need it

Never Try Use Tell
Start with the end in mind. (Stephen Covey)        

What barriers are going to get in your way?

       

What will be the step just before the last one?

       
Start by listing the joblets.  Put them in order later.         

The best way to do many things is to do one thing at a time. 

       

If you know what you are looking for, you raise your odds of finding it.

       

How does this fit with your long-term goals?

       

Short-term goals can support long-term objectives.

       

Do you have a backup plan?

       

Waiting is a choice.  What is your choice for today?

       
No plan without a goal.  No goal without a plan.        

A planner speaks with active verbs.

       

To be sure you won’t need it, be sure you have it.

       

Everything starts with what is.

       

In planning, you don’t have to be right the first time.  Just the last time.

       

If you want to break a habit, set your goal as a new habit that will serve as an instead.

       

Worry is a poor substitute for planning.

       

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth knowing why you are doing it. 

       

You don’t want to learn all you know from what you did wrong.

       
Mark this on 4 weekends, with different marks.  Notice changes. 
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