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There are some times that people get so focused on the past that they will neither make plans for the present nor be prepared for the future. Well, just to remind you that in order to be focused on the present and to plan for the future, you have to let go of the past. Letting go of the past does not mean that you should not draw lessons from the past, it only means that you should not let it tie you down. Obviously, you cannot keep looking back and expect to make any reasonable forward progress.

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To be able to make impact in the future and contribute both to the world around you and the world at large, you need to plan and focus for what lies ahead. That is, have the future in mind. However, one must know that no one can jump into tomorrow without passing through today. This means that how you want your tomorrow to look like will determine how well you take care of today. It is the sum total of the actions and events of today that will create your tomorrow. If you refuse to take care of today, then your tomorrow will suffer the effect.

When you tidy today's tasks and engage properly in the right actions today, then you will not dependent so much on the tasks of tomorrow and you will not leave your life in the hands of chance. It is true that chance can happen sometimes, but you have to also understand that even chances will make more sense when you have worked for it. Yes, luck can happen to you but there are times that luck is only a product of the work that you have put in the now. The truth is that a great tomorrow neither happens by chance nor by luck but as a result of working for it and doing it rightly and timely.

It is not enough to perform the right actions and to do them rightly, there is also a requirement to fulfill as regards timing. Timely action can make the whole difference. The action you should have taken today, it will be highly unwise and counterproductive to leave it till tomorrow, because you will just end up sapping tomorrow of its energy. Leaving today's task for tomorrow will not make the task easier than it would have been today, rather it will make it more complex because you will have to combine both today's task and tomorrow's task.

One thing to understand is that for you to maximise the potentials of the day and to make the most out of it, you have to invest to build up yourself. You will agree with me that the day presents with challenges and oftentimes, these are new challenges. So to be able to face the new challenges of the day, you need to keep working to improve on yourself. The world is already evolving and moving at an incredible speed and so also are newer trends emerging. As a matter of fact, the future that was talked about in the past is already here. In order to match the speed of the change that has greeted this era, you need to upgrade and update yourself.

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As you plan towards the future, you should not also overlook the demands of today. This is because the future will not start in the future, it will start today. So how you take the issues of today will significantly affect how your tomorrow will turn out to be. You may not be able to predict what the future holds but you can keep yourself prepared to face the future. In an examination for example, the student will not know what will be set in the questions, but if he prepares for it and keeps himself ready, he will face it excellently. So in life, you do not have to wait until tomorrow comes because you start to prepare for it, you need to stay prepared and wait for it. In conclusion, the plans you have for the future will determine the actions you take in the present.

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Well, you have just illustrated the top reason to plan, and i hope others get the memo too. Thanks buddy

Thanks a lot for the kind words buddy

The worst mistake we can make is failing to plan for tomorrow simply because today appears very good, the great need to plan can never be underrated.

That's right. Failure to plan is to welcome failure in disguise.

Thanks for coming around buddy

Like you have just stated "The future will not start in the future, it starts today" This is a very powerful statement to keep you moving. If you have this in mind, you will not waste any minute on unnecessary things or live your life on chances. Thanks for sharing such an interesting piece buddy

Thanks for coming around and for the nice comment buddy