Make a Plan It is important to begin to develop a plan for your life.  Ask yourself: "Where do I want to be in five, 10 and 20 years from now?"  Once you have this in mind, you can then imagine the actions you need to take to achieve those goals.  The more steps you can visualize, the more successful you will be in reaching your goals.  The next step is to visualize the order of importance for those steps.  What will you do first, second... and last?