How to Navigate Your Crossroads: Five Milestones for Planning What's Next

Introduction

The signposts can often be confusing at life's many crossroads, especially for high-achieving women navigating significant life transitions.?

Whether you're held back by the belief that you're too set in your ways to change, it's too late to start over, or that life's unpredictability makes planning pointless—let's debunk those myths today. With 40 years of strategic planning, I assure you that planning is a cornerstone of fulfillment, financial stability, and well-being.

The Importance of Planning

Fulfillment

Your core values are your life's guiding principles. Disregarding them in your plans will lead to dissatisfaction.

Financial Security

Understanding your assets—beyond your finances—equips you for impactful planning.

Well-Being

Work-life balance isn't optional; it's mandatory for mental, emotional, and physical health. Sustainable success hinges on a carefully crafted plan that respects this balance.

The Five Milestones: Your Roadmap to What's Next

Just so you know, I'm addressing false beliefs with each milestone because false beliefs act as roadblocks on your journey to what's next. Recognizing and challenging these limiting notions is crucial in paving a clear path forward.

1. SeasonShift: Acknowledge the Seasons

We all experience life's seasons. Acknowledging them makes your planning productive, not futile. This challenges the belief that you're too rigid to adapt to change.

2. AssetScan: Inventory Your Assets

You must understand your resources—skills, network, finances—to plan effectively. This debunks the notion that you lack what it takes for the next phase.

3. ValueSync: Align Vision with Values

For a fulfilling future, your vision and values must be in sync. This confronts the belief that you can succeed at the expense of your personal values.

4. PivotPlan: Craft a Flexible Plan

Flexibility is vital to effective planning. This addresses the false belief that you must have it all figured out.

5. SpeakUp: Commit and Communicate

Your plan remains a dream without commitment and a support network. This challenges the idea that you can do it all on your own.

Call to Action

If you found value in these insights and are hungry for more, you're going to love my Reinvent Yourself series. Held on Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m. and live-streaming on Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube, this series is specifically designed for midlife female leaders like you who are ready to chart their next chapter or are in a new situation and need advice and strategic insights.

We’ll dive deep into topics like redefining success, overcoming imposter syndrome, creating work-life balance, designing a successful image, and many more—all tailored for women in midlife looking to make impactful changes.?

For an extra dose of empowerment, don't miss the special session on Reinvent Yourself with Shanee Moret and me on Monday, October 2, at 9 am. Join us! Here's the link.

Conclusion

Remember that the most fulfilling paths are meticulously planned and executed if you're at a crossroads. The quality of your map is determined by the milestones you set along your journey.

Your mentor,

Dr. Geneva