How do you drive to a far away destination?

You put your destination on the map and then start driving toward it. Once you start driving, you only focus on the map’s next 100-200 meters. In fact, during the night, your headlights can only show you the next 200 meters. You can drive from Florida to NY with just 200-meter visibility.

How powerful is that?

Once in a while, you would zoom out and see a high-level view of your direction. You ensure that the map is still taking you to the destination. Is there a shorter way? Is there a way with less traffic?

Once done, you are back to your 200-meter view.

You can apply the same concept to your career journey.

The same idea can be applied to your career journey.

Once you pick your short-term or a long-term destination, you only need a 200-meter view for your daily actions. Those daily actions accumulate to massive outcomes over time.

Weekly reviews act as a zoom-out map view.

Your weekly & monthly reviews can act as a high-level view to ensure you are still headed to your destination. You can find how far you have reached and what does remaining path look like. Is there any adjustment needed?

You don’t need to wait for all the answers.

In life, we wait for clarity.

Instead, we need high-level direction, and then we can leave it to life. We can trust that life will take us to the destination. We need to focus on the next 200 meters and take daily actions.

Book of the week

​The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho​

Paulo Coelho shares wisdom via various situations and conversations in this treasure hunt story.

Santiago’s navigated through various life events to realize his dream. ​

​Getting Things Done by David Allen

It is the best book on weekly & monthly reviews. In the book’s second part, David shares his process of regularly reviewing your dreams, goals, and tasks.

Tool of the week

I love Passion Planners for their vision and how they think about the planning process. They have made their PDF available for free. Following are a few you may want to check out.

​Passion Roadmap - To build a map for your far away destination.

​Weekly reflection - For your weekly & monthly reviews to ensure you are still headed to your destination.

​30 Days Journal Challenge - Daily journaling helps you reflect and understand who you are and what you stand for.

​Gratitude Challenge - Start your day on a positive note by writing a gratitude message.

That’s all for today.

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See you next week.

Your friend, Vinod

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