{"id":486,"date":"2016-04-05T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/?p=486"},"modified":"2017-01-10T17:28:03","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T23:28:03","slug":"personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/2016\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Strategic Planning By Brian Tracy\u2019s GOSPA Method"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\"<\/a>Many of you know the name Brian Tracy<\/a>, just as you would Tony Robbins<\/a> or Jack Canfield<\/a>. The three are what I would consider the godfathers of current day personal development, just as Napoleon Hill, Earl Nightingale, Wayne Dyer and Werner Erhard were back in the day. \u00a0I\u2019ve had the occasion to spend more time with Brian lately by virtue of a real estate deal one of my companies is working on. The mention of his latest book, Get Smart!<\/a><\/em>, came up in our conversation yesterday, so I immediately ordered it on Amazon<\/a> and Audible.com<\/a>,\u00a0I recommend you do the same.<\/p>\n

As I was reading the book, I was reminded of a strategic planning method that Brian has espoused to for years: what he calls the GOSPA method. GOSPA is an acronym which stands for Goals, Objectives, Strategies, Priorities, and Actions. \u00a0I realized that this method would be applicable to you for use with my\u00a0Personal Strategic Plan<\/a>, so I want to share it with you today, with attribution to Brian Tracy.<\/p>\n

Personal Strategic Planning with the GOSPA Thinking Model<\/h1>\n

Using the GOSPA method of thinking in your Personal Strategic Planning, and carefully considering each action you must take, dramatically improves your decision-making abilities. It forces you to use both long-term thinking and slow thinking together (get the book to understand the value of these, and other, forms of thinking):<\/p>\n

Goals<\/h2>\n

The specific, measurable, time-bounded, results you want to achieve over the long term.<\/p>\n

Objectives<\/h2>\n

The interim goals that you will have to achieve to accomplish your major goals. Imagine that your goals exist at the top of the ladder – your long-term aims – and your objectives are the rungs of the ladder that you must climb to achieve them.<\/p>\n

Strategies<\/h2>\n

The various ways that you could accomplish each objective. For example, in business, one of your objectives will be to achieve a certain level of sales. You can use a variety of different strategies to achieve your sales targets.<\/p>\n

Priorities<\/h2>\n

Those activities that are more important than others in achieving your goals and objectives. Apply the 80\/20 rule to everything. What are the top 20 percent of actions that you can take that can account for 80 percent of your results?<\/p>\n

Actions<\/h2>\n

What specific, measurable, time-bounded activities must you take to implement your strategies, achieve your objectives, and accomplish your goals?<\/p>\n

Your Homework<\/h1>\n

Download my Personal Strategic Plan<\/a> and select at least one life area to apply the GOSPA method to help you think clearly and at your very best in planning your future.<\/p>\n

If you, or a friend, want to join the Tom Hart Success Series Community<\/a>, visit my website<\/a>\u00a0to receive email notifications of these\u00a0blog posts<\/a>, learn of upcoming events<\/a>,\u00a0and other news by clicking on the offer<\/a> to receive the first two chapters of my\u00a0book\u00a0Getting From Here To There\u00a0<\/em>for FREE!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many of you know the name Brian Tracy, just as you would Tony Robbins or Jack Canfield. The three are what I would consider the godfathers of current day personal development, just as Napoleon Hill, Earl Nightingale, Wayne Dyer and Werner Erhard were back in the day. \u00a0I\u2019ve had the occasion to spend more time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nPersonal Strategic Planning By Brian Tracy\u2019s GOSPA Method - Success Series<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Utilize Brain Tracy's GOSPA method in your Personal Strategic Planning and you will have greater clarity to achieve your goals.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/2016\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Personal Strategic Planning By Brian Tracy\u2019s GOSPA Method - Success Series\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Utilize Brain Tracy's GOSPA method in your Personal Strategic Planning and you will have greater clarity to achieve your goals.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/2016\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Success Series\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-04-05T13:00:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-01-10T23:28:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tom Hart\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tom Hart\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2016\\\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2016\\\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tom Hart\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4e6a686726cfb62cae31273682669e2d\"},\"headline\":\"Personal Strategic Planning By Brian Tracy\u2019s GOSPA Method\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-05T13:00:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-01-10T23:28:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2016\\\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":487,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2016\\\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Other\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2016\\\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2016\\\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2016\\\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\\\/\",\"name\":\"Personal Strategic Planning By Brian Tracy\u2019s GOSPA Method - Success Series\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2016\\\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2016\\\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-05T13:00:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-01-10T23:28:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4e6a686726cfb62cae31273682669e2d\"},\"description\":\"Utilize Brain Tracy's GOSPA method in your Personal Strategic Planning and you will have greater clarity to achieve your goals.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2016\\\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2016\\\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2016\\\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2016\\\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Personal Strategic Planning By Brian Tracy\u2019s GOSPA Method\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/\",\"name\":\"Success Series\",\"description\":\"Transformational Coaching & Training for Organizations and Individuals\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4e6a686726cfb62cae31273682669e2d\",\"name\":\"Tom Hart\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/496d07ec13ac1365e8f5aa8efe0f7e33fcb017edf6247ae73392a152a375277a?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/496d07ec13ac1365e8f5aa8efe0f7e33fcb017edf6247ae73392a152a375277a?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/496d07ec13ac1365e8f5aa8efe0f7e33fcb017edf6247ae73392a152a375277a?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Tom Hart\"},\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.successseriesllc.com\\\/wordpress\\\/author\\\/tomhart\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Personal Strategic Planning By Brian Tracy\u2019s GOSPA Method - Success Series","description":"Utilize Brain Tracy's GOSPA method in your Personal Strategic Planning and you will have greater clarity to achieve your goals.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/2016\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Personal Strategic Planning By Brian Tracy\u2019s GOSPA Method - Success Series","og_description":"Utilize Brain Tracy's GOSPA method in your Personal Strategic Planning and you will have greater clarity to achieve your goals.","og_url":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/2016\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\/","og_site_name":"Success Series","article_published_time":"2016-04-05T13:00:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-01-10T23:28:03+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Tom Hart","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tom Hart","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/2016\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/2016\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\/"},"author":{"name":"Tom Hart","@id":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/4e6a686726cfb62cae31273682669e2d"},"headline":"Personal Strategic Planning By Brian Tracy\u2019s GOSPA Method","datePublished":"2016-04-05T13:00:49+00:00","dateModified":"2017-01-10T23:28:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/2016\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\/"},"wordCount":487,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/2016\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method.jpg","articleSection":["Other"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/2016\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/2016\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\/","url":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/2016\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\/","name":"Personal Strategic Planning By Brian Tracy\u2019s GOSPA Method - Success Series","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/2016\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/2016\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method.jpg","datePublished":"2016-04-05T13:00:49+00:00","dateModified":"2017-01-10T23:28:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/4e6a686726cfb62cae31273682669e2d"},"description":"Utilize Brain Tracy's GOSPA method in your Personal Strategic Planning and you will have greater clarity to achieve your goals.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/2016\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/2016\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/2016\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/2016\/personal-strategic-planning-gospa-method\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Personal Strategic Planning By Brian Tracy\u2019s GOSPA Method"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/#website","url":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/","name":"Success Series","description":"Transformational Coaching & Training for Organizations and Individuals","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/4e6a686726cfb62cae31273682669e2d","name":"Tom Hart","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/496d07ec13ac1365e8f5aa8efe0f7e33fcb017edf6247ae73392a152a375277a?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/496d07ec13ac1365e8f5aa8efe0f7e33fcb017edf6247ae73392a152a375277a?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/496d07ec13ac1365e8f5aa8efe0f7e33fcb017edf6247ae73392a152a375277a?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Tom Hart"},"url":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/author\/tomhart\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}