{"id":481,"date":"2016-10-07T03:00:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T08:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kerryaclark.com\/?p=481"},"modified":"2019-04-29T15:47:37","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T20:47:37","slug":"how-to-navigate-the-waves-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/how-to-navigate-the-waves-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Navigate the Waves of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My Family Has a Plan, Does Your? <\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>Part 3 &#8211;&nbsp;<strong>How to Navigate the Waves of Life<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In our previous post, we discussed how drifting through life causes one to get off course. &nbsp;In this installment, I want to take the time to tell you what you can do to stop drifting. &nbsp;The Family Plan is just one of the tools you can use to counter the drifting effect on your life. &nbsp;Just like a float, a paddle board, &nbsp;a canoe, or a boat, The Family Plan can be used to help you navigate a pathway through the waves of life so that you can with certainty reach a desired destination without drowning. &nbsp;Here&#8217;s how&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gaining control of life, your life-your business<\/strong><br \/>\nSo how can someone stop drifting? &nbsp;Here are a couple of actions you must take to stop drifting:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryaclark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161007-TIF-How-to-Navigate-the-Waves-of-Life.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-485 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryaclark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161007-TIF-How-to-Navigate-the-Waves-of-Life.png?resize=400%2C400\" alt=\"20161007-tif-how-to-navigate-the-waves-of-life\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161007-TIF-How-to-Navigate-the-Waves-of-Life.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161007-TIF-How-to-Navigate-the-Waves-of-Life.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161007-TIF-How-to-Navigate-the-Waves-of-Life.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161007-TIF-How-to-Navigate-the-Waves-of-Life.png?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161007-TIF-How-to-Navigate-the-Waves-of-Life.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161007-TIF-How-to-Navigate-the-Waves-of-Life.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Realize you&#8217;re off course<\/span>. &nbsp;Take a moment to look at what&#8217;s happening around your life. &nbsp;Evaluate what you&#8217;ve &nbsp;done in the last 2, 5, 10 or more years. &nbsp;Are you where you dreamed you&#8217;d be? &nbsp;If the answer is no, then you&#8217;ve drifted off course. &nbsp;Step 1 is to determine that you&#8217;re off course.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Write down your desired destination<\/span>. &nbsp;Where do you want to be? &nbsp;I would be as crazy radical as possible with this step. &nbsp;Put aside what others might think or say and write what you desire most out of life.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Have some sort of gauge to measure your distance<\/span>. Now that you know where you desire to be, you must calculate how far off course you are. &nbsp;How many miles are you off course? &nbsp;How long will it take for you to reach your destination? &nbsp;How hard must you work? &nbsp;How much money will you need to acquire?<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Learn to live with the waves<\/span>. &nbsp;You&#8217;re not out of the water yet and the waves will never stop. &nbsp;The truth is all you&#8217;re doing is learning to live with the waves. &nbsp;If you learn to live with the waves, you&#8217;ll also learn how the waves work and that gives you an advantage to navigate through the waves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>It doesn&#8217;t happen by chance.<\/strong><br \/>\nGetting what you desire doesn&#8217;t happen by chance or just because you want it bad enough; it takes a plan. &nbsp;By chance will cause you to float away or float through life without ever having given thought to what you wanted out of it in the first place. &nbsp;With The Family Plan, we give you an opportunity to define what you want, keep your eyes on it, and navigate to a destination you selected. &nbsp;In other words, you get the life you wanted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stop dreaming and start getting.<\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s not enough to dream. &nbsp;The one step most forget to do with their dreams is to write it down. &nbsp;Something so simple like not writing it down will keep you from getting everything you want or at least keep you from getting on course to achieve it. &nbsp;Write it down. &nbsp;Study what you&#8217;ve written and ask the questions you need to ask yourself to get there. &nbsp;What can I do today that will help me reach my goal?<\/p>\n<p>You are closer to your destination than you think. &nbsp;With The Family Plan, we&#8217;ve seen families not only reach a desired destination, but also set course for new destinations that exceed their original desires.<\/p>\n<p><em>When are you going to stop drifting through life? &nbsp;Share your unspoken destination with us today. &nbsp;Leave a comment.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Family Has a Plan, Does Your? 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