Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

— Jim Rohn —

It's one thing to understand the fundamentals, it's another to actually apply them to work towards things that matter to us.

There are three phases to Designing a project.

1. The Beginning Phase
   
2. The Work Phase
   
3. The Finishing Phase
   

Each of these stages will have a worksheet and approaches for organizing your work. And in spite of checklists and time analysis, you should take an attitude that this is Design, something creative. Your life and all of its projects and goals should have a sense of adventure and creativity, even when you must do work you're not initially excited about.

The worksheets you will be using are in Adobe .pdf format, so you should download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. A link can be found in the Third Party Downloads panel at the left. You can use the worksheets according to your own personal preferences. The worksheets have been set up as a form, so you can save the file as a master file and as you fill out that form save it to individual files. You can also print it out and hand write your plans. I have sometimes filled the form out, then sent it to my OneNote workbook that I have organized for my different areas of life.

These are the various worksheets you will be using. I suggest you print them out, so you can follow along as you learn the Design flow.

DYGL Worksheets

1. Design Overview Sheet
2. Stage Task List
3. Project Evaluation Sheet

Applying the DYGL STARS System

	The Beginning Phase Get an overview of your project to help you plan out the next step.
	The Work Phase This is the real work stage, but with organization, you can keep on track.
	The Finishing Phase Give yourself a pat on the back, and note what you have learned for next time.

— Shelly —