Increasingly sophisticated technology,
explosive information and intricate international relationships
all work together to complicate the modern life,
which makes our modern people somewhat overwhelmed.
Individuals whoever want to have a better control of one's life must equip themselves with some
essential skills or abilities. Planning and organizing,
which embodies the skill of anticipating, influencing,
and controlling, in my view, is becoming gradually important
in coping with today’s complication especially
for the young who are always the most passionate but also with less self-control. First of all,
planning helps keep one on course in achieving goals and crystallize objectives. Young people alway
s possess some grand dreams which may take years to accomplish. Planning ahead, on the one hand,
could effectively put one on the right track thus prevent energy from being scattered or wasted.
A survey conducted by experts from Oxford University shows that over 90% of elites and enterprisers
had precise objects and made plans for decades later at very young age. Like Bill Gates,
one of the most prominent persons I have ever seen, discontinued their studies since he was
definite aware of what he should do in order to become the leader of IT field. On the other hand,
plans, which are organized step by step,
could turn the ultimate goals into several achievable ones.
With achievable objective achieved one by one, the ultimate goal will finally be attained. Besides,
planning and organizing help to promise one’s best performance in most occasions.
Panning means trying to anticipate all the possibilities and arrange things
in a scientific order. It clearly tells people what to do currently and what
should do the next, which prevents disorder or chaos. Thus, people may feel
assured and will be with less stress. For example, a student who sticks
to a study plan is less likely to be nervous thus will be more likely
to have better performance than those who crams for tests. Today youngsters
are exposed with fierce competitions but also abundant opportunities.
Good performance is key to hold these opportunities in hand. It is undeniable
that our society changes at such a quick pace that we cannot plan everything
in previous. But this by no means implies that the ability is not important.
Without a plan, complex things will only get more complicated. Abraham Lincoln
reportedly once said, “If I had 60 minutes to cut down a tree, I would spend 40
minutes sharpening the ax and 20 minutes cutting it down.” Planning is just like
“sharpening the ax”, which will no doubt facilitate a task easy done. All in all,
though the ability of planning and organizing may not be omnipotent for people
especially the young to cope with new situations in today’s complex society,
it does facilitate to fulfill one’s life goals and help to improve one’s
performance when opportunities come.