Formulating a plan for your career, whether it be a long-term goal of becoming the CEO at Disney, or a short-term plan for convincing your boss on why it makes sense to pay you more, is essential. Without a plan of action, you’ll simply drift through your career, never making much impact or aiming for anything.
Yet, a plan is just one half of the equation. It’s essential that, when the plan has been created, you action it. This means learning how to visualise your goal, and make it happen. No, you can’t simply change your email signature to CEO and start running the company, but it does mean learning to ask for what you want, and not stopping until it happens.