{"id":5665,"date":"2013-12-21T15:11:38","date_gmt":"2013-12-21T20:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/?p=5665"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:38:55","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:38:55","slug":"you-dont-need-a-new-plan-a-reblog-from-chris-brogan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/you-dont-need-a-new-plan-a-reblog-from-chris-brogan\/","title":{"rendered":"You don&#039;t need a new plan &#8211; a reblog from Chris Brogan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure style=\"width: 286px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:NewYearsResolution1915FirstPostcard.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured\" title=\"English: New Year's Resolutions postcard\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/4\/41\/NewYearsResolution1915FirstPostcard.jpg\" alt=\"English: New Year's Resolutions postcard\" width=\"286\" height=\"458\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">English: New Year&#8217;s Resolutions postcard (Photo credit: Wikipedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<em>In the final days of the year, my thoughts naturally turn to New Year&#8217;s resolutions.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I&#8217;ve blogged about resolutions numerous times over the years, including:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2009\/12\/30\/1381\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Focusing on one change at a time for two months\u00a0each<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2009\/12\/27\/making-resolutions-you-can-keep\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Making resolutions you can\u00a0keep<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2010\/03\/01\/how-are-you-coming-on-your-new-years-resolutions\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How are you coming on your New Year\u2019s\u00a0resolutions?<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2009\/12\/26\/new-year-resolution\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Are you making a new year\u2019s\u00a0resolution?<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2012\/06\/06\/guest-post-from-zen-habits-the-three-day-monk-syndrome\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Guest post from Zen Habits: The Three-Day Monk\u00a0Syndrome<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Thinking about my 2014 resolutions, this recent e-newsletter from Chris Brogan really struck me &#8212; because much of what I need to do in the new year isn&#8217;t to come up with a new plan, it&#8217;s to execute on the to-dos already on my list.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>How about you? Do you need a new plan or do you just need to follow through on the old one in the new year?<\/em><\/p>\n<h1>You don&#8217;t need a new plan<\/h1>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t always go the way I want it to go.<br \/>\nI had just finished taking some progress pictures of myself, which is how I measure my fitness improvements, and what I saw was clear: I had slipped back a notch since last month. I was puffier &#8211; fatter! &#8211; and though I saw more muscle lurking beneath it all, I wasn\u2019t pleased that my efforts to kick bodyfat to the curb had slipped.<br \/>\nWhat happened next is the story of the last 20 or more years of my life: Oh no, I\u2019m failing. What should I do? Quick! Scurry around. Do something new. Call an emergency play. Hope a plane and get Dr. Simpson to staple me up. Something!!! Something new!!!! Aieeee\u2026..<br \/>\nYou\u2019ve done this, right? You\u2019ve hit a wall and went into the \u201churry-up-and-panic\u201d mode. Yes? Maybe not with your health. What happened when you couldn\u2019t pay the mortgage? What happened when you couldn\u2019t make payroll? How did that panic drive you?<br \/>\nDid you throw your plan out the window?<br \/>\nBecause that\u2019s what I did every time I faced this kind of scenario over the last 20 years or so.<br \/>\nUntil now.<br \/>\n<strong>YOU DON\u2019T NEED A NEW PLAN<\/strong><br \/>\nI reviewed my fitness plans. I knew immediately what was missing:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:calibri, geneva;font-size:large;\">I haven\u2019t been 100% with my water intake daily. This massively impacts weight retention.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:calibri, geneva;font-size:large;\">If something gets skipped in my plan, it\u2019s cardio. I skip either on or both sessions at least three times a week.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:calibri, geneva;font-size:large;\">That\u2019s stuff that\u2019s in the plan. The plan, as it\u2019s written, tells me to drink my bodyweight in water in ounces every day. The plan, as it\u2019s written, tells me to do very specific cardio exercises to burn calories while not messing up my weight training, every day. Nowhere in the plan does it say \u201cYou don\u2019t have to do cardio today because you\u2019ve been too busy.\u201d I couldn\u2019t find an asterisk beside the water intake that says \u201cyou can drink less water if you forget.\u201d Hmmm, the plan, as it was written, was the right plan.<\/span><br \/>\nI had stopped<em>\u00a0following<\/em>\u00a0the plan.<br \/>\n<strong>DON\u2019T GET ME WRONG<\/strong><br \/>\nSometimes, it\u2019s time to follow a new plan. Sometimes, the plan is what\u2019s wrong. But you have to figure that out before you throw everything up in the air and run around panicking.<br \/>\n<strong>ASSESS BEFORE YOU BECOME AN ASS<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family:calibri, geneva;font-size:large;\">Here\u2019s a quick guide:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:calibri, geneva;font-size:large;\">Accept that something\u2019s not right.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:calibri, geneva;font-size:large;\">Quantify SPECIFICALLY what\u2019s not right.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:calibri, geneva;font-size:large;\">Review the plan you\u2019re working from. (Not working from a plan? This is the root of everything wrong. Take\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rt947.infusionsoft.com\/app\/linkClick\/18834\/6b59eb7ab95d0564\/7926846\/32b22bf9347b12af\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Put Success In Your Way<\/a>\u00a0and stop that!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:calibri, geneva;font-size:large;\">Recommit to the plan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:calibri, geneva;font-size:large;\">Set a tighter check-in timetable for at least three weeks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:calibri, geneva;font-size:large;\">Review the new data.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:calibri, geneva;font-size:large;\">If everything\u2019s good, carry on. Crisis averted.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:calibri, geneva;font-size:large;\">If everything isn\u2019t working, review 1-6 again, and consider a new plan.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:calibri, geneva;font-size:large;\">I promise you that this will save you time, effort, frustration, and annoyance. As I\u2019m typing this, I\u2019m drinking a very tall glass of water and the rest of the day will see a total of 256 ounces of the stuff go into me. Eight liters, give or take. 2 gallons. Do I pee a lot? I do when I\u2019m following the plan.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<em>Learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrisbrogan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Brogan<\/a>\u00a0and his latest project, a <a href=\"http:\/\/ownermag.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">business magazine called Owner<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size:1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thebippityboppitybeautifulblog.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/20\/how-to-succeed-with-new-years-resolutions-once-and-for-all\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Succeed with New Year&#8217;s Resolutions Once And for All<\/a> (thebippityboppitybeautifulblog.wordpress.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thecreatorscall.com\/2013\/05\/01\/the-creators-call-on-the-line-with-chris-brogan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Brogan<\/a> (thecreatorscall.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/makemoneyhomebusinesscenter.com\/chris-brogan-online-marketing-vs-mobile-marketing-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Brogan: Online Marketing vs. Mobile Marketing<\/a> (makemoneyhomebusinesscenter.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansmithpld.com\/2013\/12\/15\/stop-doing-what-doesnt-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stop Doing What Doesn&#8217;t Work<\/a> (briansmithpld.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thecreatorscall.com\/2013\/05\/31\/the-creators-call-on-the-line-with-chris-brogan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Creators Call: On The Line with Chris Brogan<\/a> (thecreatorscall.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the final days of the year, my thoughts naturally turn to New Year&#8217;s resolutions. 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