Write down what a perfect day looks like to you. What are you wearing, who are you waking up next to, what house do you live in? What are you driving? What time do you start work? What do you do for work? What time do you eat lunch? Where and with whom? When do you wrap it up for the day? What do you do in the evenings? What value did you add to the world in your day? What time do you go to bed?

The lesson in this exercise is simple… live your life intentionally or risk it being lived unintentionally. Life is full of surprises, setbacks and heartbreaks, we all know this. The opposition exists and it's real. Therefore the only way to combat the inevitable curveballs that life will throw at you is to forge ahead each day knowing what you intend for the day to bring, how you intend for the day to go, how you intend to live your life and how you intend to add value to the lives of others. Life has a funny way of parting the seas for those individuals that have a plan. Think of individuals in your life who are dead set on their goals. Then think of those in your life who have no goals. And if you can't think of goal focused people in your life, get a new circle.