The main stages of successful achievement of any purpose are known:
- formulation of the purpose;
- definition of the direction of the movement;
- scheduling;
- directly commission of actions;
- carrying out final analysis.
But why many who try to reach the desirable and go this way face that time passes, and dreams remain are also far from reality, as well as at the beginning of a way? The answer is simple – you did not provide control points. What it, we will consider further.
Control points: their essence and value
The meaning of these points comes down to comparison of your plan to real achievements in accurately set periods. For example, you want to receive a prestigious position in the international company. You analyzed that for achievement of this purpose you need to learn English. Passed, month, half a year, year, and you cannot get a job. In what a hitch? Yes that you did not establish for yourself a control point of check of realization of conceived. Having decided on need to learn a foreign language, it is necessary to make the plan:
I choose courses;
- I prepare documents for receipt;
- I have theoretical training;
- I receive practical skills of communication;
- I hand over the established certification boundary.
Each of these points has to be followed by transfer of dates. So, you made the decision on January 1, the first control point falls on January 14. This day you have to analyze the achievements, namely whether you chose courses on learning English. If yes, safely you pass to the following item. If is not present, think what prevented you to realize conceived. Perhaps, during this period of time you had more important issues. Means, your ultimate goal – to receive a position in foreign firm – is less significant, than, for example, purchase of the new car.
Control points allow to establish compliance of your actions by you to the made plan.
Additional opportunities of use of control points
Here you chose courses and even gained theoretical knowledge, but control term passed, and your practical preparation remained at the same level. No, you diligently carried out all exercises, were not distracted by the accompanying affairs, but did not receive the expected result.
In this case the control point will allow you to analyze, the way of implementation of this point of the plan was how effectively chosen. Perhaps, you will understand that visit of lessons in local office of courses is too little really to learn to speak English. Means, you should undergo language practice in a circle of native speakers, that is, speaking more simply, to go to week or month to England.
At once it is possible to see one more additional function of a control point – correction of the plan. Did you want to learn language in 3 months, but understood that not to do you without two-month practice? Becomes clear that you will be able to achieve the objective not for 3, and, for example, in 6 months. Therefore, you should correct also other stages of achievement of the main result – receiving work (later to be engaged in visa processing, to delay date of dismissal from the current place of work, etc.).
The analysis on control points has also one more useful feature. Understanding that in the appointed time you managed to reach that you gathered inspires. It gives new strength to walk further, helps to feel more surely, to begin to move forward more safely and more persistently.
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