There are no guaranteed outcomes. As Neale Donald Walsh said in Conversations With God . A football team practices. They plan and carry out a strategy. Of course, playing the game changes things, but the players who have planned and practiced the plays have the best chance to win.
Life's like that.
But those who plan and carry out a strategy have a better chance to win. In the Life Planning Workbook , Life is described in eight areas, including Family, Friends, Spouse, Living and Working Environments, Spirituality, Culture, and Self-Care, using over 500 factors to flesh it out and make it real. This can be a rich source of dialog, with your friends, and with your parents. Worksheets, forms, group exercises, and class presentations are used to facilitate the process of building a Life Plan, and discussing how to implement it.