Planned Action - by Nigel A JAMES
Planing by Nigel A JAMES
Planning makes for good feelings, it
makes life run smoothly, and without it, success cannot happen. It is
essential for all that we do, and, as Jill Watson discovered,
life after learning to plan became very much better!
It was the big things that got her; and
holidays were always the worst. There was always too much to
think about. There was the flight, the hotel, what to buy, and
would her daughter like it, and so-on, and so-on! And each year was
exactly the same. Nothing other than disaster and
panic. But then Jill found out about the great art of
planning, and her life changed for the better.
She discovered that her major nightmare
projects were nothing other than strings of many small things
to do. And, all she had to do was make up a list and turn on the
action. That's planning! But, of course, things aren't always so
easy.
Life
is a system, and we have to plan to succeed. We have to plan time
for sports, hobbies, and other important things, too. And, there are
many other kinds of planning as well! There are economic five
year plans, there are political action plans known as “road-maps”,
and, on our level there is school planning, personal finance
planing, family planning, career planning, and much more as well.
But
of course, too much planning is not very good. We don't need
to plan for the next twenty years, and, more often than not we can
simply relax and go where life leads us. But, for this
we need preparation, and for this we need planning!
Vocabulary
-
discovered
(discover/discovered/discovered) – entdeckt
economic
– Wirtschaft
essential
– unentbehrlich
found
out (find out/found out/found out) -
aus finden
lead
– lead/led/led) – führen
major
– wichtig/haupt . . ./große
need
(need/needed/needed) – brauchen
nightmare
– Alptraum
preperation
- Vorbereitung
simply
– einfach
string
- Ketten
Phrases
-
exactly
the same – genau das Gleiche
makes
for good feelings – es liefert
gute Gefühle
nothing
other - nichts anderes
on
our level – unsere Ebene
that
got her – die sie erwischt haben
too
much to think about – zu viel nach
zu denken
Points
for Discussion
What
are the advantages of good planning?
Why
is planning a problem for many people?
Why
is planning not always necessary?
Why
is family planning so important?
Why
does political planning rarely work?
Do
your plans always work?
Why
do “solo” (only for one person) plans always work?
What
are your plans for this summer?
