23/05/2015Paul Summers Planning Strategies1 Planning Your Future 4 Simple Questions for Everyday Use

23/05/2015Paul Summers Planning Strategies2 Introduction  Background  Noosa & Lombok  Insights into our ‘old’ life in Noosa Australia  Insights into our ‘new’ life in Australia, New Zealand and Lombok  Planning for your future

23/05/2015Paul Summers Planning Strategies3 Noosa: In Pictures

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23/05/2015Paul Summers Planning Strategies7 Context: Noosa - Region  130 km north of: Queensland’s capital – Brisbane (international airport)  200km north of Queensland’s glitz and glamour capital – Gold Coast  Adjoins the balance part of what is known as the Sunshine Coast (domestic airport)

Noosa: Statistics 23/05/2015Paul Summers Planning Strategies8  Area: 865km 2  Protective Tenure: about 37%  Resident Population: about 55,000  Population Peak Season: about 90,000  Growth Rate: Current growth rate: about 1.2% Peak (early 1990s): 11.4%  Noosa Council Budget: about $100M  Noosa Council Staff: about 350 (equivalent full-time)

Family 23/05/2015Paul Summers Planning Strategies9

Wust Road (Old Life) 23/05/2015Paul Summers Planning Strategies10

Produce 23/05/2015Paul Summers Planning Strategies11

Kangaroos 23/05/2015Paul Summers Planning Strategies12

Possums 23/05/2015Paul Summers Planning Strategies13

Land for Wildlife 23/05/2015Paul Summers Planning Strategies14

Spare Time 23/05/2015Paul Summers Planning Strategies15

Road Signs 23/05/2015Paul Summers Planning Strategies16

New Life 23/05/2015Paul Summers Planning Strategies17

Planning – The Clichés  OK, time to get serious …  When I was a student the saying was: The sooner you get behind … … the longer you have to catch up!  I’ve tried it … it doesn’t work!  One of the best planning clichés I know though is: If you fail to plan … … you plan to fail! 23/05/2015Paul Summers Planning Strategies18

The Difficulty Planning for the Future  Planning: land use planning, business strategic planning, family planning, agricultural planning, travel planning  … any type of planning for your future can be difficult  Whenever you have a difficult task, break it down to make it more manageable  When planning anything, you can do this by asking and answering 4 simple questions  I use this method with all my work and in my personal life 23/05/2015Paul Summers Planning Strategies19

23/05/2015Paul Summers Planning Strategies20 The 4 Questions  Where are we now?  Where are we going?  Where do we want to be?  How do we get there?  Normally I do this with community groups, so I use the collective we

23/05/2015Paul Summers Planning Strategies21 Question 1: Where are we now?  Ask yourself: where are you now?  Look at what existing issues you have: What do like about your life? What don’t you like about your life? What concerns do you have about tomorrow? ????? 2016 The Future

23/05/2015Paul Summers Planning Strategies22 Question 2: Where are we going?  Then ask yourself where are you going?  In other words, where will you end up if you change nothing about your life?  What do you anticipate will be good or bad about that outcome? ?????

23/05/2015Paul Summers Planning Strategies23 Question 3: Where do we want to be?  Now ask yourself where do you want to be?  Carry this out in two steps: First, decide a horizon year and where you want to be at that time – this is your overall goal (be realistic about the horizon year – a stretch target is good, but don’t go too far). Second, look backwards from the future in increments (2-4 years, 2-4 months, 2-4 weeks – whatever is appropriate) and identify key strategies to achieve your goal. ?????

23/05/2015Paul Summers Planning Strategies24 Question 4: How do we get there?  Finally, ask yourself how do we get there?  Part of this has been done by the key strategies that you identified in Question 3  But now, you need to take the first of those strategies and work out an action plan.  Your action plan might take the form of:  One or more objectives; and  Implementation criteria for each of those objectives.

Putting It Altogether  OUTCOMES  Goal  Objectives  IMPLEMENTTAION  Strategies  Actions 23/05/2015Paul Summers Planning Strategies25

Making It Real - Strategies 23/05/2015Paul Summers Planning Strategies26  YOUR PLAN – PART 1  Goal: Achieve an A or B+ in most subjects  Strategies: #1 Stop wasting time at the start of the semester #2 Reduce the number of distractions #3 Implement a programme of regular exercise to get the endorphins happening

Making It Real - Actions  YOUR PLAN – PART 2  Strategies: #1 Stop wasting time at the commencement of the semester #2 Reduce the number of distractions #3 Implement a programme of regular exercise  Actions: #1a Set a minimum number of hours for study at, especially at the beginning of semester #1b Your turn … #2a Fix days for spending time with your girl/boyfriend #2b Your turn … #3a Go jogging or swimming at least twice a week for minimum distances of Xkm #3b Your turn … 23/05/2015Paul Summers Planning Strategies27

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