A FEW days into the new year and I am loving my momentum and mindset. I love my braids, but I am enjoying this short, funky hairstyle. What do you think of it? Great things are in store for 2022 and not just for me. I am thrilled for the persons who are joining me on Tuesday for the Confidence Becomes You Programme. When you are intentional about starting your year, determined to accelerate your growth, that is a plus. I am enjoying my journey as a confidence course because I know what is awaiting all these participants after consuming this content. I am compelled to give someone else an opportunity to join us on Tuesday; the first person who texts or WhatsApps the correct answer to this question: I will be celebrating a significant milestone next year regarding my years in the fashion industry,how many years am I celebrating?

I believe a lot will be happening for me and through me in 2022 and I need to do extra planning. I learnt the hard way the power of planning ahead to achieve maximum growth. Change is inevitable and our plans can be adjusted.We will experience a series of changes through our journey and we can’t stop it. The Book of Proverbs is full of nuggets. This is what chapter 16, verse nine say “In their hearts, humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.”

I love the acrostic John Maxwell has for PLAN AHEAD.
P-pre determine your course of action
L-lay our your goals
A-allow time for adjustments
N-notify key personnel
A-allow time for acceptance
H-head into action
E-expect problems
A -always point to your success, because people will point to your failures
D-daily review your progress

We have to alter our plans as we go along and sometimes effect major changes. “Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.” – Niccolò Machiavelli.
Change is inevitable and our plans can be adjusted. It helps when we change the way we think about change. We will experience a series of changes through our journey and it can be uncomfortable, but we can’t stop it.
Myles Munroe shared some valuable content on planning and change that assisted me and I know it will benefit from this information at this time of the year. Dr. Munroe wrote his life plan on a paper since he was 14 years old. You can dream about the kind of life you want, you can dream about the kind of change you want, you can dream about the kind of future you want, but until you wake up and begin to plan to get there it will only be a dream! The only regulator of time and change is planning, because without a plan time and change will ruin your life. People are destroyed in life because they didn’t choose the kind of life they wanted. You were created by God to live life not for life to live you. And the only way for you to live life is to control life, and life simply changes through time.

From the moment you came from your mother’s womb, the journey begun. The recent and coming years are years of massive change in every sphere, personal, corporate and national. I think you are feeling it already. Nations are converging, they are changing; there are massive changes in government, ideologies, and philosophies – there is massive change in the economic systems, the formulas that we used in the past have become fruitless.

The most important response to managing time and changes is planning. And God’s strategy for guaranteeing your future is planning.

Jeremiah 29:11 NLT says For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

This statement tells me that God himself is a planner. God says I already know your future; I created it, but I also know that I need a plan to get you to your future. Even God knows that planning is a requirement for arriving at a destination.

So, the purpose, the passion and power of planning must be understood. God gave you a brain and the gift of imagination so that you could participate in creation through planning. No other animal on earth has the capacity to plan. Every creature God created lives on instincts, instincts mean that they have a built-in ability to respond or react to circumstances.

You and I can actually create the circumstances. So, you are the only creature on earth that has the power to not live by reaction; you can design your response. And that is why I consider planning the highest expression of divine nature.

I am altering my vision for 2022 because I need to give God a plan so he can work with me, so I can continue to fulfil my purpose.

Don’t wait for things to happen, go out and make things happen and many things will happen at our virtual
Vision Board Party and Vision Board tea party for a limited number of people. Last week I shared some tips on creating a vision board that assists us to plan ahead effectively. A good plan is like a road map, it shows the final destination and usually the best way to get there. – H. Stanley Judd

Thank you to the people who already took action contacted from Barbados, Antigua, Trinidad, Suriname, USA, Canada and various parts of Guyana. I encourage you to join us (WhatsApp 5926848129) as we continue to celebrate this beautiful journey called life BEYOND THE RUNWAY.