Mark Joyner’s Secret Mindset For Success On The Internet – Part III © Gideon Shalwick

5 Easy Steps To Help You Get What You Want…

During the above interview, Mark mentioned the “Backward Planning Process” that he uses for getting things done - or as he calls it: “Getting from point A to point B”.  But he doesn’t really give any clear steps (during the interview at least) of how one might go about this whole Backward Planning Processes.

That’s why I’d like to take some time now and explain how I’ve interpreted the Backward Planning Processes and how I have used the method very successfully in the past.

Here’s what you need to do…

Step 1: Figure out what your end state is

This is your goal, your vision – whatever it is you want to achieve. Let’s say, for the sake of this example, my end state is to have $100,000 in the bank by the end of the year by selling a new product that costs $100. That’s pretty clear, and it’s measurable too. Making it measurable is very important to help you get your sub-conscious mind programmed for automatic success (more on this later). An easy way to make sure your end state is measurable is to ask yourself this question: “How will I know when I get there?” In other words, what is the test you will apply to help you determine whether you’ve reached your end state or not?

Step 2: Figure out what state exists just before the end state

In other words, figure out what needs to happen just before you reach your goal or vision or end state. This will be your second last action or task that you need for helping you complete your project. For our example, the state just before I have $100,000 in my bank account, is that I had to make 1,000 sales of my $100 product.

Step 3: Continue step 2, working backwards, until you have reached the start of your project

To help you do this, you could use a free piece of mind mapping software that makes it a lot simpler and easier – and saves you time! You can find the free mind mapping software here.

You might end up with something looking similar to this:

Step 4: List all your states or tasks or actions that you’ve come up with in step 3 in a linear form

Once again, you could use the handy mind mapping software to get this done nicely and fast. You should end up with something like this:

Step 5: Make a time line

Next, simply figure out how long each task will take you, and put it onto a timeline, one task after the other.

And there you have it! All you have to do now is to actually TAKE ACTION and start doing the things on the timeline or task list you’ve just created.

It’s really as simple as that.

But sometimes, even if we have carefully crafted plans like this, we may still not quite get to our end state - I’ll reveal more about this in the coming posts and interviews with the Internet Marketing Wizards.

To your successful End State

Gideon Shalwick

PS: Oh, and I almost forgot - Mark mentioned his new product, Simpleology, in the video. You can check out all the free stuff that he mentioned here