Are you a planner?Or are you more of a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants kind of guy or girl?I can honestly say I am a planner. I plan everything. From meals for the week, to my workouts and which days I will go skiing. I know which days I will write these posts for you (Monday, first thing in the morning in case you are wondering) and when I will check email and reply to phone calls. I know when I will work on the conference and when I will book appointments for meetings.Here's a story that might explain it all for you.When Alexandra and I made our first trip to New York a few years ago we knew had a list a mile long of things we wanted to see and do in NYC. There was the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, Central Park, Madison Square Garden, The Late Show with David Letterman...and well you get the idea. For a city that never sleeps there are endless options to see and do while in the big apple.So someone had to come up with a plan. And here's what I did.I photocopied a map of Manhattan on a legal size piece of paper. I then located all the places we wanted to be. For example, there was an 'x' showing where our hotel was, and one for Rockefeller Centre, the Empire State Building and any other landmark or event we wanted to do. Next I started to arrange these plans in terms of location and days they would take place. For example, some Broadway shows don't have performances on certain nights. So we made sure that if there was something close to Broadway we wanted to do we would coordinate to do that on the same day we would be in the area for the show.[caption...