Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.

Books
Alan Lakein How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life (1973 New American Library New York; ISBN 0-451-13430-3)
Alan Lakein Give Me a Moment and I'll Change Your Life: Tools for Moment Management (1997 Andrews & McMeel Kansas City MO; ISBN 0-8362-3591-6). Alan Lakein is a well-known author on personal time management including How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life which has sold over 3 million copies. The book’s main point was the necessity of listing short- medium- and long-term life goals then categorizing them in order of their importance with the A group being the most important the B group next and the C the last then listing under each goal specific activities designed to achieve them.

Former U. I wanted to be a good man have a good marriage and children have good friends make a successful political life and write a great book. President Bill Clinton started his new autobiography "My Life" with a reference to the book:

"When I was a young man just out of law school and eager to get on with my life on a whim I briefly put aside my reading preference for fiction and history and bought one of those how-to books: How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life by Alan Lakein.