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Failing to plan is planning to fail.
- Allen Laiken
A goal without a plan is just a wish.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Every hour of planning saves 10 hours of rework.
- Ken Blanchard
Or, the mining industry's favourite - PPPPPPP - "Piss poor planning, produces piss poor performance and pisses good people off."
Our reason for being
Our reason for being
The following website is a collation of useful tools to help you navigate life more effectively. Our tools work for individuals, families, small business, bigger business and NFPs. They are designed to stimulate thought, discussion and action.
We provide our tools on an honesty basis. Please use them and then donate an amount to help us cover costs.
The more complex tools usually require coaching input. We like to monitor their distribution and charge nominally for our time ... $25/10 minutes.
All links will open in "view" mode best suited to a 1920x1080p monitor. You are welcome to copy, edit and adapt them using a Google account. Please note, once they're in your hands, it's your responsibility to double check totals and subtotals for errors before you make strategic or tactical decisions. We accept no liability for your mistakes or sub-optimal judgement.
Ikagai - your reason for being
Ikagai - your reason for being
Ikagai is perhaps our least "pragmatic" planner.
Ikigai is the intersection of four important elements:
Your mission - what the world needs
Your passion - what you love doing
Your profession - what you're good at
Your vocation - what you can be paid for
Use the green, the steel-blue or the parchment planner.
Budgets balance expectations
Budgets balance expectations
Family budget with property investments
Income Tax Calculator (USA)
Small business budget
Small business with multiple divisions
Time planning
Time planning
Manage your most precious resource.
Use a calendar, frequently.
Discuss the weeks priorities - essential for busy families
Presentation planner
Presentation planner
Step 1. Conclusion
Step 2. Scaffolding - ideally 3 points
Step 3. Point / Impact / Evidence
Step 4. Creative opening
Step 5. Rehearse
Serious projects plans
Serious projects plans
What's the goal / benefit / ROI?
Who are the owners, team and beneficiaries?
What's in, what's out?
What standards apply and how do we achieve them?
When? - start, stop, milestones, sequence and dependencies
How much? Totals, cash impact by day/week/month
Resources - needs, wants, timing, handling and security
Who? - selection, skills, safety, training, rewards & bonuses
But but but - communicate clearly before, during and after
Risks - human, environmental, commercial, time, operations
KISS - simple, clear, accurate and honest reports
Serious business plans
Serious business plans
What is:
the opportunity / market need?
the unique value proposition?
the unique sales proposition?
the realistic schedule?
the marketing plan?
the manpower plan?
the risks and mitigation steps?
the budget, cash burn rate and ROI?
the sustainable competitive advantage?
Use our bullet points before you prepare your big pitch.
Useful work breakdown templates
Useful work breakdown templates
The following plans will open in "view" mode. Please copy and adapt to your specific needs.
Garage Granny-Flat Conversion
Kitchen Renovation
Plan for optimal mental health
Plan for optimal mental health
Weekly "green" time - the Japanese call it "shinrin yoku" - forest bathing, bush-walking, hiking, wild-swimming etc.
Sunlight - early, mid-day and late afternoon.
Sleep in multiples of 90mins in a dark, cool, quiet room.
Eat protein - beef, eggs, SMASH fish, turkey, Greek yoghurt.
No carbs or ultra processed foods - no sweets, sugar, alcohol, fast food, flour, corn syrups or seed oils.
Supplement your diet with liver, vitamin D, magnesium, zinc, K2 and perhaps creatine.
Exercise - mix it up - aerobic, high intensity, squats, balance and weights.
Cut the screens early and read a real book in bed.
Gardening, sailing, volunteering, furniture restoration etc etc.
Plan for better sleep
Plan for better sleep
7 steps
set your morning alarm
drink salted water outside, barefoot, in the dawn light
no caffeine (coffee, tea, RB, cola etc) after 10am
soak up sunlight during your lunch break
create a cool (18C/64F*), dark, quiet, sleep environment
go to bed each evening at the same time and read a good novel
no screens after 8pm ... NONE
Options:
eat Greek style natural yoghurt for dinner
use magnesium bis/glycinate for deeper sleep
use white noise or binaural delta waves occasionally
swap your bedside LED lights back to incandescent bulbs
More plans in development ...
Get in touch
Get in touch
For ...
planning help
personalised budgets
complex project budgets
multi-division business budgets
Contact ...
Kristen in North America
Cathy in Europe & the United Kingdom
Harvey in Oceania
Via email ...
Pragmatic.Planners@gmail.com Kristen@PragmaticPlanners.com
Harvey@PragmaticPlanners.com
VOIP = Meet, Signal, Teams, Zoom etc.
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