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title: How to Build a Winning Game Plan for Your Career
description: Julie Kratz, speaker and leadership trainer at Pivot Point, shares a four-step process to establishing a clear and concise game plan for your career.
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# [How to Build a Winning Game Plan for Your Career](https://blog.leadercast.com/blog/how-to-build-a-winning-game-plan-for-your-career)

 Written by [Julie Kratz](https://blog.leadercast.com/blog/author/julie-kratz) | Dec 2, 2019 2:02:00 PM

Research shows those who plan are more likely to succeed. According to [this 2017 study by Harvard Business Review](https://hbr.org/2017/07/research-writing-a-business-plan-makes-your-startup-more-likely-to-succeed), entrepreneurs who write formal plans are 16 percent more likely to achieve viability than those who don’t. 

When we set goals for ourselves in our careers, we achieve higher rates of success. Knowing what we want and how we plan to get there is pivotal. That’s where a career game plan comes into play. It is a simple, four-step process providing a clear road map on how to achieve your goals. In the following steps, I will help you first identify what you want and what you are uniquely skilled to do (your purpose statement).

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