Summary: Synopsis<br> Every year at this time, Dr. Misner takes time off to do some reflection. Since this is the last podcast for this year, Dr. Misner wanted to talk about creating a life plan. Create a list of what you hope might happen. Wherever you are in your life, this has value for your future.<br> Here are the goals Dr. Misner had for each decade of his life when he first undertook this exercise:<br> <br> * Twenties: Learning Years<br> * Thirties: Establish Career<br> * Forties: Growth Years<br> * Fifties: Top of Game<br> * Sixties: Elder Statesman<br> <br> This year Dr. Misner wants to set another thirty-year plan. Take a day and reflect on what you want to be doing and who you want to be doing it with.<br> Brought to you by <a href="http://networkingnow.com">Networking Now</a>.<br> Complete Transcript of Episode 487 – <br> Priscilla:<br><br> Hello everyone and welcome back to the Official BNI Podcast, brought to you by NetworkingNow.com, which is the leading site on the net for networking downloadables. I am Priscilla Rice, and I am coming to you from Live Oak Recording Studio in Berkeley, California. I am joined on the phone today by the Founder and the Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, Dr. Ivan Misner. Hello, Ivan. How are you and where are you?<br> Ivan:<br><br> I have been in Austin, Texas all month. We are headed towards the end of the year, and I have done a number of podcasts here on BNI podcast over the years talking about how I take a little bit of time off before the end of the year and do some reflection. As a matter of fact, BNI exists because I did this over 30 years ago, and I took at look at where do I want to be in the future and how did last year go? I was like oh my goodness. What happened last year? It was that moment that gave me an opportunity to really think about making BNI a global organization.<br> So I take this time off every year and since this is that last podcast for this year and we are moving into the new year, we are going to go on holiday for a couple of weeks here. I wanted to talk about creating a life plan. So this podcast is more personal than it is about BNI. It is personal and you can use it in your personal life but also in your business life. And, of course, you can do some planning, no doubt, in BNI with this.<br> I have always been a believer in setting goals and targets. Literally in my 20’s on one of these times that I took days off between the holidays and New Year’s, I assembled my plan of where I wanted my career to be as I matured throughout my professional years.<br> I know. I know. It never turns out the way you plan it, but try telling that to a 20- something who has this overwhelming ambition to blaze his own trail, which was me when I was in my 20’s.<br> So in my 20’s right after college, I sat down and I wrote out my vision of where I hoped to be as my career progressed. I am suggesting that wherever you are in your life, whether you are towards the end of your career or the beginning of your career, this has value for your future.<br> I happened to have done it in my 20’s. You might imagine as a recent college grad with a diploma in hand and ready to take on the world, I kind of tossed and turned at night wondering that I was going to do and where I might end up.<br> I created a list of what I hoped might happen. Here is what I came up with:<br> In my 20’s I wrote down that these would be my learning years. These would be when I pay my dues. Be prepared to work crazy long hours a be a sponge for learning.<br> In my 30’s I wanted to establish myself in my career. I wanted to pick a professional lane and move forward. That is what I wrote down in my plan.<br> In my 40’s these were my growth years, build my business, create a reputation, continue with lifelong learning. You will notice that’s always important. Lifelong learning.
