Ep. 4 – Execute Your Plan

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Many have good, well thought out intentions, but intention is not the same thing as execution. You can have great intentions but intention alone will not help you achieve success. This episode is the next step in the Engineer’s Blueprint for a Balanced Life. We’ll take a look at how we can collect everything we’ve learned from the previous steps and begin putting your plan into action in order to achieve the balanced life you deserve. 
 
Let’s dive right in and learn how to execute your plan by clearing the roadblocks and motivating the desire to change. 
 
[00:01 – 02:38] Opening Segment

Welcome to the show 
Continuing the Engineer’s Blueprint for a Balanced Life

Recap of the blueprint
Our last discussions

Takeaways from the last episodes

What matters most
Visualizing success
Design your plan

This week, 4th step: 

Execute your plan

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[02:39 – 07:11] Execute Your Plan

Quick recap of designing your plan
An intro to executing the plan

Examples
Intention vs. execution

The roadblocks of achieving your goals

Lack of a plan
failure to execute the plan

Planning is not hard, but executing is 

It requires changes 
It is still worthwhile

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[07:12 – 13:05] Execute Your Plan: Clearing the Roadblocks

The fear of failure and the fear of success

Generally it’s the fear of change 
Embrace and acknowledge your fear 

How to play it out 

‘This is just who I am…’ 
Take ownership of your own outcomes 

Executing the plan

Adjusting and monitoring the process
The plan is only a map, you need to follow it 

[13:06 – 14:59] Closing Segment

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Final Words

 
Tweetable Quotes:
“You can have great intention to do something, but intention alone, in and of itself, will not help you achieve success… the success that you want comes as a direct result of executing the plan.” – Dr. James Bryant
“When you set your mind on changing, when you set your mind on a goal… and you actually achieve your goal, it is a worthwhile endeavor.” – Dr. James Bryant 
“Obstacles actually provide opportunities. Strength is on the other side of whatever the struggle is that you may face in instituting this change, in executing your plan.” – Dr. James Bryant
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